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.

THE REAL GOLD MEDAL IS SURVIVAL

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SHALLOW APPEAL • Cut by CNC, built by a furniture maker… this Iain Oughtred sharpie yacht can float in a puddle but take on the sea

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HERRESHOFF’S LAST SCHOONER • She’s survived hurricane, fire… even Hugh Heffner! Her owner has defied the odds to beat terminal cancer. Today, the two are almost symbiotically linked

Saleroom

Objects of desire

Farewell, canine sailor • Bran was never quite a shipmate – but he was a true mate

Bound for unknown seas • If you’ve just retired from directing a wooden boat heritage centre, it’s likely your immediate future is going to feature some serious cruising

THE WAR-WORN 1920 OLYMPICS • The sailing regatta of the 1920 Olympic Games was so undersubscribed that only one yacht that entered failed to win a medal

POWER GRAB • The spirit of tradition is making increasing inroads into the power boat market. Here are just a few

SAILING TO DIVE • Sailing French Polynesia’s ‘Dangerous Archipelago’ might be easy with GPS, but under the surface it’s all fast currents… and sharks

How to get there

AFFORDABLE CLASSIC International Folkboat OD

SPARS MASTS, BOOMS AND THE REST • Amazing design evolution means timber spars can now be lighter than aluminium. It’s time for a catch up on the spars available today

THE MONSTER IN THE YARD • When a malicious jobsworth tries to run your day, you have to work at night

FIRST BIG-YACHT REBUILD IN JAPAN • The biggest yacht restoration in years took place in the shadow of Mount Fuji, under a team of Japanese craftsmen and international boatbuilders

Yard News

Sibbick flyer

Three-masted lug dinghy

It never rains, it pours

BUSY TIME DURING LOCKDOWN • We catch up with the motor boat specailist in Southwold

Boatbuilder’s Notes

CARD SCRAPERS

THE LADY WITH THE CARVED DRAGON • Two decades after a radical restoration, and a period of inactivity, Wm Fife’s Lady Edith has awoken from slumber

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SAILING TODAY WITH YACHTS & YACHTING

Would they use epoxy? • Time travel is a risky game, says Sam Hamilton