GETTING INTO OUR STRIDE…
We were salvaging a Folkboat and sailing away; actor John Rhys Davies filmed aboard a Dunkirk Little Ship… and we were meeting Britain’s oldest fisherman – Bill Hocking – 71 years afloat; a guide to the famous Paimpol music and sailing festival – with some pilotage notes…
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Contents are as follows:
Editorial Older GRP designs are the equivalent to wooden boats 30 years ago
Eye opener For this month’s big picture
Signals Shipwrecked sailor, Yogaff, new OYT boat, Falmouth marina plan, John Lennon, and a strange raid in the Netherlands. Plus new series: Classic Coast is your chance to share your favourite places
AC survival guide Guy Venables in Bermuda on the America’s Cup jamboree
Association news Stella success, S&S in Denmark and the Classic Motor Boat Club
Smylie’s boats Mike Smylie on the Coble (or do we say cobble?)
Around the yards J-Class tender restoration, small steam launch, Cambria comes out, Sailmaker Lawrence, a barn in Suffolk and back to Harker’s Yard
The Post Your letters and feedback – keep them coming!
Andrew Bray Certificates…. or hands-on experience?
Nardi’s nods Federico Nardi’s pick of GRP classics: Knud Reimers’ Bacchant IV
Guest column: Lucy Woodall Sailing through seas of pollution
Folkboat to France Leo Coolden bought a rotting old Folkboat, restored her and then set sail to discover the harbours along the Brittany coast
Paimpol sketchbook Claudia Myatt worked her passage to the festival on a pilot cutter, drew sketches, drank cider, made music and hitched a ride home
Whooper – what makes her a winner? The venerable Laurent Giles sloop has been winning races all
COVER STORY Ten great GRP boats 46 Folkboats, Twisters, Vertues and more. Long-keeled GRP boats
make a sensible choice if you want a simple sailing life
People of the sea Meet Bill Hocking, at 87, Britain’s oldest working fisherman
John Rhys Davies “Boats keep me sane” admits the Lord of the Rings actor as he films aboard a Dunkirk Little Ship
Spies at sea From ‘Riddle’ to Ransome, real-life tales of espionage afloat
Rowing: the St Ayles Skiff The success of the build-it-yourself community row-boat
Designers: J Francis Jones Best-known for the Kestrel class, he had many individual boats to his name, and a secret career as a yachting columnist
On Watch: Kit for Christmas Gifts for your loved-ones (including the boat) plus calendars
Over the Yardarm, Calendar and Next Month Drinks, Coming events and a preview of December’s Classic Sailor
Sailing skills: Reversing Boats aren’t meant to go backwards but sometimes they have to
Surveying: what to look for The tell-tale signs to check before you call the surveyor
Practical: Restoring a Mirror dinghy A simple but satisfying project to start with: you can’t go too far wrong!
Practical: Palms ancient and modern Des Pawson on the sailmaking hand-strap for pushing needles
The last word: Lucy L Ford When it comes to oilskins, ‘voluminous yellow’ is not a good look
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