Classic Boat

Admire the world's most beautiful boats, brought to life through breath-taking photography. Classic Boat offers a unique blend of yacht reviews, seamanship and restoration features, history and design columns, practical advice and coverage of the leading international regattas and events. Whether your interest lies in working on restoration projects or sailing in classic regattas; whether you're a wooden boat owner or simply an admirer of traditional marine workmanship, Classic Boat will have something for you.

400 ISSUES… AND GOING STRONG

Classic Boat

THE PERFECT NOTE • The famous S&S one-tonner has been maximised for every rule change in her life. Now, she’s been ‘miminised’ to original

Catalonian sunshine

Tell Tales

Bruce Kirby, 1929-2021

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THE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BOATS • It’s our 400th issue, so we’re having a go at tackling the statement that’s been posed on our front cover for a decade

Saleroom

Objects of desire

Vertue signalling • Two keen owners signal the virtues of their Vertues

A la recherche du temps trouvé… • We speak to the ‘researchaholic’ who has founded museums, rediscovered France’s forgotten electrical inventor Gustave Trouvé and played a part in electrifying Venice.

TRES HOMBRES AND THE SAIL CARGO MOVEMENT • Since three Dutch friends started sailing the world with commercial cargoes under sail, many more have followed in their wake. We catch up with this new movement.

FROM MUD TO GLORY • Some of the world’s greatest classic yachts were found in the mud around England’s coastline, with beach hut houses on top, and geraniums on the decks. Then restoration fever began…

Classic yachts that were once houseboats

LETTING THE HIRERS RACE • A week’s boating on the Broads can involve much more than exploring beautiful waterways, as our correspondent discovered when he joined an intrepid group of hirers on Barton Broad in early October

POWERBOAT HEAVEN • How the world’s largest collection of antique motorboats came to be set on Lake Como’s shores

IT’S THE TAKING PART • But winning does make the day a little more memorable – particularly for young children…

Getting afloat

Yard News

Boatbuilder’s Notes

Traditional Tool

Letters

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Deja vu all over again • Sailors’ anecdotes can be enough to drive you from drink, thinks Dave Selby