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The story of the tiny yacht Rondetto who was sunk by a storm in 2018, and is now restored and at the Rahmi M Koç Museum in ...
When communication was slow and difficult, small yards were served by local smiths who took note of individual preferences ...
How hard could restoring a 1960 S&S sportfisher possibly be? Loughborough Marine Interests (Rhode Island) took on the mamoth ...
After rebuilding some of the most famous sailing yachts of all time, how hard could this 1960 S&S sportfisher project possibly be? Joe Loughborough and Steffan Meyric Hughes tell us the story of Grey ...
Together with HMS Victory’s Master Shipwright Leonardo Bortolami, we look at some common questions about the project and unpack some myths.
For angles other than the perpendicular of the try-square and 45 degrees of a mitre-square, the essential measuring tool is a sliding bevel.
Steffan Meyric-Hughes travels to Suffolk to take a look at some of the exciting projects underway at Waldringfield Boatyard… Dragging the Spike Crew along on yard visits was becoming a habit, and a ...
The Edwardian Broads racer Sparklet survived a war and an unsympathetic conversion, and is now back to her best, Richard Johnstone Bryden tells us. Their combined efforts now mean Sparklet can compete ...
The J-Class has been central to the legend of classic yachts from the start, but their smaller sisters, the Ps and Qs, are on the rise in a big way these days, Craig Davis tells us. The builders and ...
After a record 20,000 votes were cast from around the world, we can finally reveal the winners of the 2025 Classic Boat Awards… Welcome, once again, to the annual Classic Boat Awards, now on its 19th ...
Clare Mccomb tells us the story of how the YRA became the world’s yacht racing authority – the Royal Yachting Association. The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) can confidently define itself as “the ...
Classic races & regattas 2025: A guide of classic sailing events, across the British Isles, Ireland, Europe, and the rest of the world!