Long term cruiser Richard Toyne on the process of choosing the boat to replace his beloved liveaboard ketch Sigfrid When Magali and I decided to sell, our 34ft 6in (10.6m) steel ketch, and buy a fibreglass boat, we had a fairly clear idea of what we wanted. She should have a long keel, for [...]
By Ian Galletti Seasickness ceased to be a problem for me, as a skipper, during the late 1960s. I was driving down to the Hamble to skipper one of the Royal Air Force's offshore racing yachts, tuned into BBC Radio 4, when I heard of an experiment carried out by NASA and the USN at [...]
Report by Jonty Sherwill, Photos by Rick Tomlinson. The fourth Hamble Classics Regatta hosted this year by the Royal Air Force Yacht Club (20-22 September) was another major success with 68 entries across 10 classes and for the first time extended to three days to launch 'Big Classic Friday’, with extra racing for the larger yachts. Lutine of Helford, [...]
Cruising in a dinghy can get you across seas – and further up creeks than yachts, advises Roger Barnes Heading out to sea: "We look around our boat with pride as she breasts the swell..." Why do you cruise in a dinghy rather than a cabin yacht?” I am often asked by sundry [...]
Greta Thunberg, the 16 year old Swedish climate protection activist, set sail from Plymouth this afternoon bound for the New York United Nations Climate Change conference aboard the 60ft (18.28m) foiling high-tech racing yacht Malizia II. Greta, who has never sailed offshore before, famously refuses to fly, citing carbon emmissions by jet aeroplane as one [...]
The 1901 rocketyacht Ester – the so-called mini Vasa rescued from the deep in 2015 by Bo Eriksson and friend Per Helgren, has launched after a four year restoration and started some sailing trials at Örnsköldsvik in Sweden's High Coast, in the northern Baltic. Here in a first film of her sailing by Leif Wikberg [...]
As Cowes Week is set to begin the harbour master at Britain's home of yachting, Capt. Stuart McIntosh, has issued a guide to essential harbour safety for all boat users. Cowes Harbour Commission’s number one priority and responsibility is to maintain a safe harbour for all, the HM says. Equally, it is the responsibility of all [...]
Daring Dauntless takes the title at Cowes Classics Week 29 July - 02 August 2019 Cowes, UK. August 2019 - Dauntless, sailed by Richard Acland and his crew, was almost untouchable in the 14-strong Daring Class which finished competing at Cowes Classics Week today. Five first places and a throwaway third ensured victory at the [...]
Classic Sailor went aboard the new Thames Sailing Barge Blue Mermaid. We joined her in the Blackwater in Essex for a sail out into the Thames estuary and round to Brightlingsea A new sailing barge is a rare sight – but in 1900 there were around 4,000 such barges registered to carry [...]
