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MADE IN JAPAN • She was talked about for years as “one of the last big ones still left to do”. Now, the giant Nicholson ketch is back
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh The sailing prince, 1921-2021
Fliming of the Essex Serpent • A film crew descended upon Maldon, Essex to shoot scenes for the forthcoming TV series The Essex Serpent, an adaptation of the eponymous best-selling 2016 novel by Sarah Perry. The photo here, taken by Sandy Miller, depicts three Thames sailing barges – Reminder, Centaur and Hydrogen – moored at Hythe Quay. Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston are starring in leading roles, with Clio Barnard as series director. There is no broadcast date at present, but the series will first be shown on Apple TV+.
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90 years of Round the Island Race • To celebrate the Round the Island Race’s 90th anniversary, former Yachts & Yachting writers Malcolm McKeag and Barry Pickthall look back at coverage of the race through the years
10 POCKET CRUISERS • Go small, go simple, go now. Larry Pardey’s commandement calls as strongly as ever to those of a wandering spirit
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A tender bonfire • The old boss is on fire. The new boss is coming
BOSUN’S BAG • PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
The Wizard’s custodian • The new curator of the Herreshoff Museum was born by the water and has stayed there ever since
A round-up of the latest BOOKS • Our regular round-up of (mostly) new publishing including, this month, a major work on Dick Carter, a cold-moulding bible and a knot or every day of the year
The British isles • After the great wash out that was 2020, regattas around the world are raring to go this year, and none more so than in Britain, around a few distinct sailing areas: the Solent, home of yachting, the East Coast, capital of the workboat scene, the West Country, with its big workboats and yachts and various pockets around the rest of the country.
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SAILING MARIETTE • With eight upwind sails an 13,500sqft of canvas downwind, there is plenty for the 24 crewmembers on this 1915 Herreshoff schooner to do throughout every race
RHAPSODY IN BLUE • A rare Liuzzi Star 6 from 1961, built on a quiet street of the the smart Paris suburb of Neuilly, looks and goes as well as she did when she was launched six decades ago
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TAKE TWO AND… ACTION • Catching up with Jim and Catherine Dines in Maldon
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A tonic for the modern age • Georgie Hare considers the magic of a wooden boat