Category: Life Afloat

  • A cracking Cowes Classics

    A cracking Cowes Classics

    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… […]

  • A new Thames Sailing Barge

    A new Thames Sailing Barge

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  • Oysters Ahoy!

    Oysters Ahoy!

    An island in the stream The West Mersea Oyster Dredging Match – Story and photos by John Worrall Packing Shed Island, just off Mersea, has been key to the Essex oyster fishery for over a… […]

  • A new gig

    A new gig

    A first view of the new Harker’s Yard gig – built in glassfibre by apprentices with the Pioneer Trust in Brightlingsea.   [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat”… […]

  • 50 years of the Centaur

    Classic Sailor talked to David Selby about the Westerly Centaurs’ 50th anniversary bash at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, where more than 50 boats attended, from July 3 to 7. And Dave goes on to make… […]

  • Harker’s Yard Gigs

    Harker’s Yard Gigs

    Racing to keep up with demand – by Julia Jones How the restoration of Pioneer produced a training scheme for apprentices which has led to a whole new interest in competitive rowing. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column… […]

  • A special regatta

    A special regatta

      Chris Potter reports from the Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta 2019 “This is a very special regatta!” I heard this many times over the weekend of this year’s Suffolk Yacht Harbour Classic Regatta, not… […]

  • 190 boats at Falmouth Classics 2019

    190 boats at Falmouth Classics 2019

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    The English Braids Falmouth Classics 2019 on Friday 14th – Sunday 16th June was hugely popular, with 190 classic boats taking part. Entries came from far and wide, including France, the Bristol Channel, West Wales,… […]

  • Shipwreck in the Azores

    Shipwreck in the Azores

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    Bob Cooke built his own ferro cement boat and then lost her in the Azores. Now he sails the Atlantic in a 22-footer, as he told Mervyn Maggs Sitting in Ramsgate harbour waiting for a… […]