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BOAT BUILDERS ON ICE

Sailing to the frozen north is a big trend these days. Meet two British boatbuilders who sail their self-built wooden boats to the ice every year

AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Pioneer 9

AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Pioneer 9

All grown up now

Back in 2011, Robbie Fabre became the youngest recipient of our Restoration of the Year Award. We catch up on the missing years

100 YEARS OF THE S-CLASS

A century on and more than half of the original boats are still racing and sailing – we take a closer look at Herreshoff’s enduring design

Replicas The Next Big Thing

THING In the first of two articles, John Lammerts van Bueren traces the start of the second great chapter of the classic yacht revival... the big class yachts and schooners

Back From The Dead

One of history’s most radically advanced yachts, saved to race again

Alfa Romeo's Cross Waves

For nearly a century, Alfa Romeo engines have worked wonders not only on road and track, but also on the water, adding to the racing success of some of the most legendary models of the Milanese house

Trading Places

A charter party hired sailing barge Cambria to experience fi rst hand what crews faced in the days of sail. Former mates Phil ‘Ginger’ Latham and Dick Durham joined them aboard Britain’s last sailing merchant ship

Return Of The Phinisi

All but consigned to history, the growth of tourism in Indonesia has driven a delightful resurgence in this graceful schooner

Winner In The Trad Class

Polly was first in the Traditional New Build class and overall winner of the Classic Boat Awards of 2018. Tom Cunliffe goes aboard to see how she made the cut

Jenetta Racing Again

The longest yacht ever built to the fabled 12-M class has been rebuilt from a wreck

Lady Judy Mcalpine- Saving The Trad

The Henley Trad was a well-loved institution in great trouble, when an unlikely saviour stepped in

Hot Rod Lobster Boat

With their seductive sobriety and brilliant performance, original lobster boats like Flying Eagle continue to attract saviours

Strange Appeal

Any yacht from the artist Albert Strange is special. Charmina, once owned by Keble Chatterton and now restored, is no exception

Standing The Test Of Time

Traditional construction is easier and more satisfying, I say

How Many Roads?

As founder of Fairlie Restorations, Duncan Walker has been behind more big-yacht restorations than anyone else. We ask him to reflect on the past 30 years

The Question Of Authenticity

How far to go in the quest for a boat ‘as she was’? Modern know-how and seamanlike fit-out must be balanced with many other considerations.

Norfolk Classic Revived

GRP manufacturer Broom has begun restoring wooden boats from its past. Jenny Wren was the first to get the treatment

Taking His Final Sail

Jan Hein witnesses a moving salute to a fellow sailor.

Greek Charm

We join a Fred Shepherd ketch for glorious racing off the island of Spetses in a growing classic regatta.

Metre Man

He has an 8-Metre coachroof as a bookcase in his living room. We meet the man behind many Metre boat restorations.

Getting Over The Bar

What kind of cruising person have you become?

Bosun's Bag- Practical Tips For The Tradition Boater

Son of a marine engineer and grandson of a trawlerman, MARTYN MACKRILL is Honorary Painter to the Royal Thames Yacht Club and was o†cial painter for the Royal Yacht Squadron’s bicentenary. His depictions of classic boats, from clinker rowing boats to Edwardian schooners, have made him one of the most sought-after marine artists and his work is part of major collections worldwide. He and wife Bryony sail the restored 1910 ga” cutter Nightfall (CB328).

How To Read Lines Plans

A practised glance at the waterlines, sections and buttocks can tell us much about a yacht’s character

Green Goddess

Cruising Artemis, a newly built canoe-sterned gaff sloop, off Martha’s Vineyard.

Doing the Swedish Twist

Rock-hopping in a wooden Twister through an elaborate maze of anchorages.

Lifeboat Rescued

After saving lives on the East Coast and at Dunkirk, the RNLI lifeboat Lucy Lavers needed some help herself. Two brothers stepped in…

Consigned to the waves

Plastic boats? They’re so good, they’re bad. But what of us?

The Dunkirk Spirit

Inspired by tales of the boat that rescued his grandfather from Dunkirk, a Kent businessman decided to fulfill his boyhood dream and to buy something just the same

Drunk On the Job!

The timber was just gliding through, chips flying...