WE’RE SORRY BUT THIS SOLD OUT IN A FEW WEEKS; WE SHOULD HAVE PRINTED MORE
Our second edition was in home waters with coverage of the Maldon Regatta, a handy guide on using Dyneema and a full review of Kate the new GRP Kite class trailer sailor designed by Adrian Wolstenholme and produced beautifully by Demon Yachts in Ipswich.
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We also covered the Falmouth workboat Florence, an early season passage in Scotland, Albert Strange designs, Tobias Smollett – the first novelist of the sea, Gigs at Harker’s Yard, Galicia in Spain as a destination, sailing skills – using the tide to get away from the dock, serving mallets for traditional rigging, replacing a deck beam, the role of the suveyor and more.
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Cover: Maldon Town Regatta by Den Phillips
Editorial Trophy sails are when the sea gives you something you never forget
Eye opener For this month’s big picture we chose a painting by Winslow Homer
Signals News from our Southampton Boat Show debut, Cornwall, Ireland, the Broads, the Lakes, plus tributes to Mike Turk and Philip Walwyn
Association news X-OD’s summer, a 50th for the Folkboats, and Finesse class rally
Smylie’s boats Mike Smylie on the Scaffie (aka Skaith, Skaff, etc…)
Around the yards Fresh hope for Kenya Jacaranda, two new Bay Cruisers, rescue Strange nearly ready and a historic transat yacht restored
The Post Your letters and feedback are welcome
Andrew Bray Technology vs the sky
Nardi’s nods Federico’ Nardi’s pick of GRP classics. This month, the Alpa 950
Maldon Town Regatta It’s an old-fashioned local get-together at one of our favourite East Coast places: barges, smacks and the Essex equivalent of craic
The generation gap Richard Johnstone-Bryden seeks fresh ideas to inspire young people
Falmouth’s Florence at 120 Still sailing, still racing – and still exceptionally fast, the venerable Falmouth Work Boat has a fascinating history
How Kite became Kate Andrew Wolstenholme’s personal trailer-sailer goes into intriguingly high-tech production. We take her for a trial sail
Early season in Scotland To Gordon Buchanan a cruise to the Inner Hebrides in March seemed like a good idea at the time. And, on the whole, it was
Galicia: sailing the northwest Spanish coast Guy Venables goes to the ends of the earth to discover its delights
The Marine Motorist Cowes, Monaco – and a jaunt down the Thames in a Jetstar
Thames Trad in pictures It’s now the Festival, not the Rally, and it certainly looked festive!
Tobias Smollett, the first naval novelist The reluctant naval surgeon who launched a literary genre
Gigs galore from Harker’s Yard An apprentice training scheme launched an east-coast rowing craze
Albert Strange: artist, designer – and writer A new biography, designs, paintings and a voyage in his own words
On Watch from Southampton Things we found at the show to use, wear, play with and rely on
Navigation: latitude and longitude Reading the chart and coping with variation and deviation
Sailing skills: the getaway Using, or neutralising, wind and tide for a clean exit from the dock
New column: The turn of the bilge Surveyors: Aidan Tuckett on what they do, why (and when) you need one
Practical: Teak laid deck, part 2 Tricks of the trade to achieve those neatly caulked seams
Practical: Dyneema The wonder rope? Moray McPhail on the uses that suit it best
Practical: Tools for serving: mallet or board? Serving (with worming and parcelling) protects rope, by Des Pawson
Practical: Replacing a deck beam And doing it without taking the deck off. Will Stirling advises
Over the Yardarm, Calendar and Next Month Drinks, coming events and a preview of December’s Classic Sailor
Artist of the Month: Tony Parsons Sailor, lifeboatman and painter of tidal seascapes