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Whitstable’s festival and worthy project
Four years ago Whitstable Maritime rescued a 42ft 1907 Oyster Yawl built on Island Wall by the town’s shipwrights. Since then, teams of volunteers have raised funds and begun restoring the rare gaff rigged dredger, which has been double planked as was the custom when fishing boats started to show their age. The hull is […]
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Last few days for Frolic
The 1905 Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Frolic is due to be cut up and destroyed in the next few days unless someone comes forward to rescue her. Frolic is lying at an island near Bergen in Norway and is in need of a total rebuild. Despite initial interest following our report HERE several efforts to […]
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Gosport Marine Fest
With a few spaces remaining to pre-book for rowing and sailing, Gosport Marine Festival is shaping up to offer yet another day of excellent on the water activities for all the family. Taking place on Saturday 11 May (10-5pm), all the fun is based around the Gosport waterfront at Millennium Timespace, Trinity Green, and Dean […]
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New GRP classic class for Cowes Week
The world’s best-known sailing regatta, has announced a new racing class for this year – the GRP Classic Class. The decision to introduce the new class came about following a conversation Regatta Director Laurence Mead had with famous Cowes yacht designer, John Corby on the rapid evolution of yacht design after 1974, and it was […]
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Latest launch brings Sunbeam fleet to 27
The 96-year-old Solent Sunbeam class welcomed a brand new yacht to its fleet last week with the launching of V70 Minty which took place at Itchenor, the base for this historic and much-admired classic keel-boat fleet. Minty’s hull was built on the Isle of Wight by Mark Downer’s AM Structures, a GRP and composites specialist […]
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Sale of two Ferraris is RNLI’s largest-ever legacy
• Rare Ferraris auction raised £9.04m – the biggest single legacy ever left to the RNLI • Two 1960s classic cars pay for RNLI Hastings’ New Shannon Class Richard and Caroline Colton, officially named on April 27 • Donor Richard Colton was “nervous of the sea” The sale of two Ferraris from a businessman’s classic […]
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Eight Bells – Luigi Lang
It’s with sadness that we learned the well-known classic yacht judge and yachting author Dr. Luigi Lang died on April 13th. He was born in Milan in 1939 and lived in Chiavari, Liguria. John Lammerts Van Bueren who knew Luigi well, has sent us this commemoration: When it comes to classic sailing yachts in Europe, […]
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Antigua Classics report
Antigua, WI (April 19, 2019) – The 32nd edition of Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by LOCMAN, is underway! The magnificent fleet enjoyed lavish trade wind racing along the beautiful south coast of Antigua. A Common Course of 21nm, and a Long Course of 31nm, provided thrilling racing at every point of sail. The classics […]
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Robin Knox-Johnston’s 50 years celebration
• Suhaili to cross original finish line 50 years to the minute after RKJ’s famous win • Events in Falmouth and from current GGR in France • Sir Robin’s report on the effects of extreme conditions on small boats in 2018 GGR to be published Sir Robin Knox-Johnston has arrived in Falmouth on board his […]
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Looking forward to Cowes Classics
Cowes. March 2019 – A pretty little 1927 one off cutter is one of the first entries for the 12th Cowes Classics Week from 29th July to 2nd August. Chough, owned by Alex Kathrin Vowinckel (and seen above racing in 2012), typifies the spirit of the event which, despite being a draw for vintage yachts […]
