Author: Dan Houston
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Molly – taking a yacht across England
One of the best stories in Classic Sailor this month is by Mary Gibbs, who wanted her boat Molly to be nearer home. Molly was in Maldon and Mary was near Manchester; a sea voyage… […]
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Nuthin’ but a helm dog
Written by Neil Paytor for our Instructor’s tales series. Taken from the April issue of Classic Sailor Living on my boat (a Yamaha 34) at Haslar Marina with my partner Maria, who runs the Lightship… […]
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Our June issue – a bucolic feast
If you have a boat with the right draught you can get from the muddy creeks of the east coast to the rocky west of England without having to put to sea. And this month… […]
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Classic Sailor Magazine Issue 8 – May 2016
Our May issue features the 1972 Rival 34 Wild Rival – she has been restored by her owners with new coatings and her hull and deck look new again. What a great ocean going boat!… […]
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Cowes Dinard aboard Griff Rhys Jones’ yawl Argyll
The Cowes–Dinard race is a 151NM qualifying competition for the Fastnet. Dan Houston joins Griff Rhys Jones aboard the S&S yawl Argyll for an overnight offshore race to remember It’s ten to three in the… […]
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Classic Sailor Issue 7 – April 2016
Our April issue has a cover story on Cleone – the claim is that she is Britain’s oldest, or one Britain’s oldest yachts… so naturally we look into that. Beautiful boat nonetheless! The paper magazine… […]
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Classic Sailor Magazine Issue 6 – March 2016
Cruising to round Cape Horn, rowing down the Mississippi, surveying epoxy and serving with marline… it’s another packed issue! The paper version sold out but you can still read it online (see link below). The… […]
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May issue – a great Rival
Our May issue features the 1972 Rival 34 Wild Rival – she has been restored by her owners with new coatings and her hull and deck look new again. What a great ocean going boat!… […]
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What kind of boat would a classic sailor sail? She’ll be the one he swears by
Welcome to the world of the classic sailor! We are still quite new – and while we are about good seaworthy boats we are also about a traditional approach to sailing generally. That said, what… […]
