THE DASH FOR DINARD WITH GRIFF
Our first issue was an exciting time for us. We were at the Southampton Boatshow for the launch. It seems like long time ago now…
We featured: Griff Rhys-Jones taking our editor Dan on a race to Dinard – which they won! We gave a run-down of the original Fastnet heroes from 90 years ago, covered rowing to Runnymede and got some sage advice from Guy Venables on how to survive a regatta.
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Full Contents:
Sailing with Griff Rhys Jones: a spinnaker blowout in the middle of the night for the editor as he joins Jones on winning form in the Cowes Dinard race as he and his crew prepare for the Fastnet.
Big Picture: Duel at the Rock. With a first-hand account of how the S&S yawls Dorade and Stormy Weather fought it out at the Fastnet
Signals: Maritime news from the UK, Europe and around the globe
Association News: 8-Metres Worlds 14. With the King of Norway, and a rerun of the 1912 Olympics
Smylie’s Boats: Mike Smylie with Cornish Luggers
The Post: Your letters and feedback are welcome
Andrew Bray: Americas’ Cup, then and now
Guest Column: Peter Willis 23. Restoration comedy
Fastnet heroes: Ninety years after the first race, we celebrate some of the original participants, who pioneered offshore yacht racing in Britain
Rowing down to Runnymede. A spot of re-enactment as Sophie Neville wiffles aboard shallop Royal Thamesis to deliver an archbishop to Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary
How to survive a regatta. Guy Venables’ infallible guide to navigating the rocks of etiquette
The unofficial raid on Brittany. Roger Barnes and some sail-and-oar amis are refused permission for an organised event – but the Challenge Naviguer Leger goes ahead anyway
Puig Vela – classic fun in Barcelona.Why this Catalan event is fast becoming Europe’s regatta of choice
Great British designers. The Top 21 founding fathers (and grandfathers) of British yacht design, from GL Watson to Alan Buchanan, profiled by Theo Rye
On Watch and Off Watch: Things to use, wear and rely on, plus books to read
Sailing Skills: Raising the Jib. First of a new illustrated how-to series showing a seamanlike approach to sailing tasks, starting on the foredeck with safe ways of jib handling
Navigation: finding your way around the globe. And another new series, this time going right back to the fundamentals of making and reading charts
Around the Yards. Who’s building what, where: Cornwall, Suffolk, Holland, Australia, plus a special report on the restoration of the Fife classic Cambria
Practical: repairing a teak laid deck, part 1: The illustrated how-to guide begins by showing how to deal with removing and replacing an individual plank
Tools: the drehknüppel. The what? It’s what you’ve always needed to save your hands when pulling tight on any kind of line. By ropemeister Des Pawson
Over the Yardarm, Calendar and Next Month. Secrets of the perfect Martini, coming events and a taste of what’s going to be in November’s Classic Sailor (order it now or get a subscription!)
The Last Word: Sam Llewellyn. Off Lampedusa in the dark, along with who knows how many refugees
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