In the 1926 drawing room play On Approval by Frederick Lonsdale, Maria, a wealthy widow, invites her long-time dinner companion Richard to spend a month at her house in Scotland. If she still likes him after a month together, they will marry… This issue of Classic Sailor features a similar tale, albeit under the travails of a north Atlantic crossing as Jessie and Luke borrow her father’s Pearson Invicta in a voyage of discovery of their compatibility.

It’s not the love of another person which dominates another feature this issue but that of one of Albert Strange’s early designs – Sheila. It’s a well written description of how restoring and sailing an old boat can be an affair of the heart! Elsewhere we have an update on the Lottery-funded Thames Sailing barge Cambria, and a cruise to Denmark in an open Drascombe with a sailor who wanted to trace his viking ancestry.

It’s a packed issue and there are several more great stories and features from our brilliant writers. We’re getting known for the quality of our writing, so obviously you should pick up a copy… you can buy it direct from us HERE.  You can also buy and read it immediately as a digital e-magazine:  HERE

This 100-page e-Magazine is just over 55mb in size. The photos and artwork are very detailed. It’s a straight copy of the American A4 (12 x 9inches) paper equivalent.

Meanwhile here is the rest of the contents…

October-November magazine contents in full:

Editorial – Sailing a large modern boat. It was all great until the wind got up

Signals – The big boat collection sell off, fire at Faversham’s Iron Wharf, the Drascombes’ 50th, Southampton Show report

Association news – Thames Barge match, Orford 10s, OGA at 55 and Sutton Mariners

Around the yards – Gweek Quay gets new owners; latest from Luke Powell; a Folkboat in need of finishing; Maiden’s return

The Post – Letters from readers: Time to recycle Norway’s Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree?

Classic Coast and Smylie’s Boats – Helford River and Lochfyne skiffs

Andrew Bray – Are you receiving me?

Nardi’s nods – The Carter 33

The pre-nuptial Transat – For Jessie and Luke, what better way to prepare for
married life than a two-hander across the pond?

Richard Woodman – From Sea-Scout the Elder Brother of Trinity House

Nancy Blackett in Holland – Arthur Ransome’s boat retraces the voyage of the Goblin,
then stays on to explore Zeeland’s inland waters

Cambria – The last barge to trade under sail… but what happened to her sister?

By Drascombe to Denmark – Viking descendant David Jillings sets out from Pin Mill, in a Longboat, appropriately enough, to discover his ancestral home

Cross-Channel classics – Dartmouth to Lezardrieux, via Guernsey and Paimpol
and much food and music – it’s the Classic Channel Regatta

Lateen Lovers – Corfu – the regatta not to be missed in the Med

Rescuing Titania – But first, how this 1895 Colin Archer was sent to the bottom

Sheila: the long romance – A unique yacht, even by Albert Strange standards

This cruising life: Paradise with pros and cons – Gralian makes it to the Med – but it’s not all idyllic

Compass roses – Meet the cardinals, half cardinals, false points and by points…

A Flicka called Wookie – Part two of Chris Vassilou’s renovation diary

Rescue Wooden Boats – Robert Simper visits the North Norfolk restoration specialists

Laying a new teak deck… and why a plywood substrate is a bad idea

Joints – Making a dovetail halving joint

On Watch – Cordless electric drills

Off Watch – Oh no, not prosecco! Plus Books

Shoreside – In Anglesey, Rye and Mousehole

Artist of the Month – David Peduzzi

Big Blue Zoo – Sir David Attenborough on the sea plastics and seabirds; whales and sun flares

Calendar and Next Issue – Forthcoming events, and a glimpse at our planned contents

The last word: Navigating blind – Lucy L Ford with an unsighted skipper… what could possibly go wrong!?

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