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.

SUMMER IS ON ITS WAY

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THE LAST FIFE • Sonata is a yacht with an audacious claim – and she’s sailing as well today as ever

Tell Tales

James Dodds glass window

200 years of livesaving for HM Coastguard

Fridtjof Nansen, 1919

101st Lipton Cup continues unbroken record

OBITUARY Colin Turner, 1935-2022

Falmouth Classics

Pirates ship to meet 'blue health' demand

Classic regatta support for youth charity

Film about engineless sailing

Eros on YouTube

Classic Boat Awards 2022 • Nearly 200 guests came from around the British Isles, Europe and the US to collect their trophies or just to soak up the atmosphere at the Classic Boat Awards, held at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London on 12 April. The audience of boatbuilders, owners, sailors, designers, historians and more was rewarded by a brilliant overview of classic sailing from John Lammerts van Bueren, reproduced overleaf. Congratulations to all!

OPENING ADDRESS, GIVEN BY JOHN LAMMERTS VAN BUEREN

FIFE REGATTA 2022 • This 10-17 June, the biggest gathering of Fife yachts ever seen will gather on the waters of the Clyde estuary in only the fifth ever iteration of the Fife Regatta

THE MISSING MASTERPIECE • The yacht Lola is now thought to be the last designed by J Pain Clark. And she’s restored and ready for another 100 years

Saleroom

Objects of desire

Left to their own devices • There was something to be said for benign neglect…

BOSUN’S BAG • PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

The sailmaker • Jim Lawrence is a living icon of the days of sail, and although best known as a sailmaker, he started off as a barge hand on England’s east coast

CLASSIC EVENTS 2022 The British isles • The classic sailing scene in the British Isles continues to grow, around the established centres of the Solent, East Coast, West Country and further. This summer sees some special events and one-offs to celebrate Uffa Fox, William Fife III, the venerable Folkboat.

The Mediterranean • Centre of the classic world

Northern Europe • Something for everyone

USA, Australia & NZ • The sun never sets on classic events

NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK • The expedition to find Shackleton’s amazingly well preserved ship on the Antarctic Ocean floor

GLAMOUR… SWISS STYLE • Tom VI is a rare, perhaps unique, example of an early 1950s ‘Express Cruiser’ built by Swiss-Craft and kept on Italy’s Lake como

DECK AND RIG GEAR • Blocks, cleats, chainpipes, Dorade vents and more… it can be a bit of a maze, and it’s important to get these expensive things right first time

Yard News

Ben’s hattrick

Arthur Ransome’s Peter Duck restored

First all-new Hardy designs in build

FORMER NAVY YARD • In 25 years, Mylor Yacht Harbour has become a real yachting hub

Boatbuilder’s Notes

Traditional Tool • BADGER PLANE

Letters • LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY OLD PULTENEY WHISKY

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We’re going to need a bigger shed • Storing half-empry tins of stale varnish and other rubbish takes a big shed, says Dave Selby