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.

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

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JUST ADD SIMPLICITY • The West Solent One Design is extravagantly straightforward. We went for a sail on Suvretta, with her new owner, the chairman of the RYA

Better than the G7

At last… it’s party time

Classic yachts in the Rolex Fastnet Race

St Mawes pilot cutter race

Yarmouth old gaffers celebrate

24hr Three Rivers Race

Princess Royal visits Thames Sailing Club in its 150th year

Cowes Spring Classics is back, in summer

Classics race off Venice

Fully charged to race at e-regatta

Herreshoffs on show at 50th anniversary party

In memory of Bill MacGregor, 1940-2020

Nannie upgrade

DRABLER

Luke Brothers winner

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MULLET BOATS 100 NOT OUT • The Mullet Boats of New Zealand were originally built to fish, but for an unbroken century, they have chased a different prize: the Lipton Cup

Saleroom

Objects of desire

At Riva’s helm • Ferretti Group CEO Alberto Galassi on the strongest brand in boating – Riva

THE STORMY FASTNET OF 1957 • The 1979 Fastnet is a race of unassailable infamy; but was the ‘57 race just as stormy? Was it, in fact, even stormier?

THE FUTURE IS YOUNG • The Shipshape Heritage Training Partnership has been training a new generation of conservators to care for the future of Britain’s maritime heritage

FLIGHT OF FANCY • Restoring the 1918 motor yacht Carina has been a 15-year journey for boatbuilder Joe Loughborough in Rhode Island. Now she’s turning heads in the Solent

AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Jolly Boat

A POLISHED ACT • The world’s most famous chandler is under new ownership, in a new premise and full of fight. High time we paid a visit, then

SPREADING THE WORD • Sailing on a Brixham Trawler with a modern sailing school who believe in real seamanship brings back memories…

Getting afloat

Considering an Electric Outboard? • “Using a well-engineered electric outboard has been a revelation.’’

Whitstable oyster boat saved

Progress on Glen-Class sloop

Running Tide returns

A new Falmouth quay punt

Tally Ho ready to paint

Inside job for Malcolm Campbell’s boat

Twenty new staff needed at Spirit Yachts

GRP Sunbeam for Falmouth

Hungarian runabout

Boatbuilder’s Notes

COES’ WRENCH

TIMBER IN NEW ZEALAND • Home to the near-mythical kauri and other great boatbuilding timbers, NZ is blessed with natural resources

Letters • LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY OLD PULTENEY WHISKY

Next month

Meet the new boss… • What’s wrong with the old Britannia, asks Barry Pickthall