We have some great stories this month. Our coverline: Boats on a budget reflects the amazing bargains that can be snapped up at present – particularly some of the superb seaworthy glassfibre classics from the 1970s/80s… can a sailor, we asked, buy a cabin boat for less than £4K and then run it for under £1K? And the answer is yes… if you are a little canny. It’s based on the idea of two average earners being able to afford a boat for cash and sharing the upkeep – and it really is a great time to be getting afloat.
Next we have a biopic on Sir Ben Ainslie, by Gael Pawson, who shows how the tenacious Olympian might just be able to bring back the America’s cup to Britain… Go Ben!
We have a good story on how the John Cabot Matthew replica caravel has been turned around financially to get into profit… and we have a lifelong wooden boat nut who has “seen the light” and is happily sailing a glassfibre gaffer that looks like wood…
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Here’s a list of the magazine’s contents in full:
Editorial: Losing our founding chairman and our story so far
Signals: News as the Golden Globe goes for Plymouth; Pin Mill celebrates Ransome; Maiden returns; Dunkirk film; Antigua anniversary
Around the yards: More work on Havengore; Loftus heads north; Lynher relaunched; Sussex Beach Boats; Powell’s Pellew; 3D printer
Association news: Barges to return to London; Gaffers and Luggers and more
The Post: Crewless ships – your views, Coble or Cooble? Folkboat wins
Classic Coast and Smylie’s Boats: Seven Sisters and Beer Luggers
Andrew Bray: Parking problems
Nardi’s nods: No17 – The Dufour-designed Arpège
Instructor’s tales: Missing the point
A Change of heart: Swapping ‘permanent restoration’ for a GRP Heard 28
Ben Ainslie: Gael Pawson profiles Britain’s America’s Cup contender
Spirit of Bermuda: The island’s own unique sail-trainer and Seagull races
SCOD’s law: After restoration, Phil Russell takes his £1500 find sailing
Boats on a budget: Buy a boat for £4,000 or less, and run it for under £1,000 a year –
can it be done? We do the sums and provide some examples
Drascombes at 50: Half a century of the legendary lugger – and news of a party
Keeping The Matthew of Bristol afloat: The financial fortunes and misfortunes of the famous replica
Sailing the Post Boat on Ullswater: And how to get the best out of this displacement dinghy
Falmouth’s fine artists: Henry Scott Tuke and Charles Napier Hemy together in one gallery
This cruising life: Casting off: Breaking free from the boatyard... Paris here we come!
Alfred Centennial Johnson: Who was he, how did he get from America to Wales, and why?
Watch keeping: A discussion of keeping watches… Four hours too long? Try this new pattern
Des Pawson: Whipping, tallow and heaving lines
Anchoring under sail: Or rather, un-anchoring – sailing off your mooring
Joints: Making a single-lipped scarph
On Watch: Kit for crew and ship
Workmates: On Watch extra compares different models
Off Watch: Gin, books, and places to go
Artist of the Month: Anthony Osler, East Coast watercolourist
The Big Blue Zoo: The caterpillar that eats plastic, Beluga boot camp and poisoned sea lions in california
Calendar and Next Issue: Forthcoming events, and what’s coming up in the next Classic Sailor
The last word: The retirement dinghy: Sam Llewellyn on Sir Nicholas Serota’s parting gift
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