News from Classic Sailor

  • Mike Smylie’s new book

    Mike Smylie’s new book

    Travel with Mike Smylie around Britain’s coast as he describes the fishing communities and their boats who brought the fish to market in the days before modernisation. Traditional British fishing boats’ design evolved to suit… […]

  • Sunseeker fined £358,000 for using illegal teak

    Sunseeker fined £358,000 for using illegal teak

    UK LUXURY YACHT FIRM FIRST TO BE SENTENCED FOR IMPORTING MYANMAR BANNED TEAK In a landmark court case in the UK, Sunseeker International Ltd has been fined £358,759.64 for using teak imported from Myanmar (Burma),… […]

  • Brest festival featured on video

    Brest festival featured on video

    A video of Brest. We were happy to meet our American friends from Off Center Harbor at Brest this summer. And they have just produced a video of their experience. CS readers can see it… […]

  • Imray to cease chart production

    Imray to cease chart production

    We have had this press release from Imray: For more than two centuries, Imray has been a trusted name among mariners and sailing enthusiasts. Today, we announce the gradual conclusion of our chart publishing operations,… […]

  • Rendezvous Brest

    Rendezvous Brest

    A photo essay of the book on Brest. It covers 30 years of the Brest Festival which held every four years (but not 2020) since 1992 in Brittany. https://youtu.be/h6KidMOcb3E  Some 2,000 vessels – from canoes… […]

  • Our digital archive

    Our digital archive

    All our back issues are now digitised and can be downloaded (for a modest sum) from our online Shop. They were free on issuu for a while but the site became commercial and we couldn’t… […]

  • Small boats trading by sail

    Small boats trading by sail

    By Mike Smylie IMAGINE A FLEET OF SMALL EX-FISHING BOATS TRADING BY SAIL AROUND THE PORTS OF WALES, BRINGING IN GOODS FROM NORTHERN FRANCE & THE IBERIAN PENINSULA… That sounds like a dream but dreams… […]

  • Vigilant – Uffa’s game changing keelboat design

    Vigilant – Uffa’s game changing keelboat design

    Important boat for sale after owner dies Uffa 50 celebrations in Cowes Coweslip returns to the Isle of Wight by Lynne East As the 37th America’s Cup campaign gains momentum, we are reminded of the… […]

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  • Don Street Remembered

    Don Street Remembered

    The American sailing author, pilot of the Caribbean Don Street died aged 93 in May 2024 at his home in Glandore, Ireland. Dan Houston looks back on his life and describes how it was sailing…

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  • Nights at Brest

    Nights at Brest

    Late at night at the Brest festival… a short photo essay by Nigel Pert to the music of Alan Špiljak (Stars above – from the Silverlight album)   The photos are from the bilingual book…

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  • Read all our back issues!

    All our back issues are now digitised and can be downloaded (for a modest sum) from our online Shop. They were free on issuu for…

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