Category: Our Stories
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Hand, Reef and Steer: 2nd Edition by Tom Cunliffe
An update of the standard text for gaff rig sailors of cat boats, cutters, sloops, yawls, ketches and schooners – now with updated sections on modern gaffers, replicas and the big class. This is principally… […]
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Will mead supersede?
By Guy Venables If gin was last year’s drink, a new trend seems to be mead. I know. Mead?! My mother was a beekeeper and used to make her own mead out of just honey… […]
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D-Day relics granted government protection
REMEMBERING D-DAY – SECOND WORLD WAR SITES GIVEN PROTECTION Second World War concrete training landing craft, sunken tanks and armoured bulldozers, and components of Mulberry floating harbours all given heritage protection D-Day on 6 June… […]
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A new Thames Sailing Barge
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… […]
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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… […]
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50 years of the Centaur
It’s Britain’s most popular yacht, by the classic yacht designer Jack Giles and it was launched in 1969. What’s not to like about the 26ft bilge keeled Westerly Centaur? Classic Sailor talked to David Selby… […]
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Clip on with care
RYA video advises boaters on how to attach safety lines and the best equipment to use You wouldn’t drive, take a plane journey or tear around a roller coaster ride without being properly strapped in,… […]
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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. Sandwiched between two… […]
