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.
TWO OWNERS, ONE RESULT
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POLE POSITION • The 1930 schooner Viveka was a sleeper in California for half a century. Now she’s winning in the Med
Catwalk sailing
20 years of classic racing
Sunshine and wind
Tell Tales
GOING IT ALONE • How a couple in their 70s built a modern classic in strip-plank with almost no help
Saleroom
Objects of desire
BOSUN’S BAG • PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
California dreaming • We meet a time-served boatbuilder in San Diego
FOX IN THE DOCKS • Uffa Fox – sailor, designer, boatbuilder, author, raconteur… Next month, the UF50 regatta will mark 50 years since his death
TAKING A PUNT • Hal Sisk, our 2022 ‘Classic Boater’ is well known for his many yacht projects – but it all started with a humble tender
MIRROR MAN • Jonathan Lee celebrates the 60th birthday of the Mirror – the revolutionary flatpack dinghy that democratised sailing – by voyaging up the Dart
POWER PLAY • Motorboats have steadily evolved since the first petrol, parrafin and electric versions in the 19th century, and despite a few forks in the road like hovercraft and hydrofoil, today they fall into three familiar categories
LIFE BEFORE ELECTRICITY • Tom remembers a trading vessel that ran on compressed air, oil and human exhaustion – even in the 1970s
Getting afloat
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Yard News
UNDER THE BIG SKIES • In a corner of the Thames Estuary, this yard is busy…
Boatbuilder’s Notes
Traditional Tool
Letters • LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY OLD PULTENEY WHISKY
Next month
Getting out of your depth • You don’t need a masterclass to go aground. A good grounding will do fine, says Dave Selby