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Don’t forget Britain Afloat tonight
From BBC: Britain Afloat – A history of the British people told through six of its best loved boats A six-part documentary series for BBC Two – Saturday 30 September BBC2 Mary-Ann Ochota travels the waterways of Britain, discovering how boats have shaped our lives. Britain Afloat is a six part series that explores the […]
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12th Boats in the bay – luggers
BOATS IN THE BAY 2017 marks the Jumbos 10th birthday. St.Ives celebrates its maritime heritage this weekend with the twelfth annual ‘Boats in the Bay’ event on Saturday 2nd September. The event will also mark the 10th anniversary of the launch of the first Jumbo – the town’s very own class of fishing boat. The […]
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Tally Ho in the 1927 Fastnet
From our story in the current issue of Tally Ho – her log from winning the 1927 Fastnet and details of the beginning of her restoration with Leo Goolden: “Wet manilla halyards and sheets swell and shorten when wet. Everything on Tally Hoʼs deck was wet after days of rain. The heavy canvas mainsail went […]
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270 internationally important boats go to auction
MAIN ONLINE AUCTION (Eyemouth, Cardiff & Lowestoft) Closing 12 Noon Wed 26th July 2017 … But bids for the whole collection can be submitted up until Noon 21st July 2017 The entire contents of EISCA, Eyemouth International Sailing Craft Association Limited (Eisca), a Scottish registered Charity is for sale: It comprises 270 Boats of Internationally […]
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Cowes Classics Week Day 3: Tight racing for vintage classes
Fun, if not sun, at the Cowes Classics as the Victorys rock up and tight racing see’s Bojar’s bowman getting knocked overboard… The Victory class sailed across the Solent today from their very own Portsmouth-based Victory Class Sailing Club which was established in 1934, the same year that the first yachts were built, to make […]
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Cheeki Rafiki boss found guilty, but could face retrial
Douglas Innes (pictured), who managed the vessel Cheeki Rafiki has been found guilty of failing to ensure the safety of the yacht which capsized in the Atlantic with the loss of four lives in May 2014. In the trial which has lasted longer than a month at Winchester Crown Court his company Stormforce Coaching was […]
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Dragon Edinburgh Cup Day 3
13 July 2017 – Cowes, UK – The penultimate day of the Dragon Edinburgh Cup 2017 sponsored by Oliver Morgan Architects and Stoneham Construction Ltd in Cowes, produced one truly extraordinary race which shook the leader board up and leaves four boats in close contention going into the final race. Hosted by the Island Sailing […]
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Artists attend 12-M regatta
From Robbe and Berking, Germany July 2017: Artworks of the “North German Realists” (www.norddeutscherealisten.de ) are highly sought after. Since 1989 this group of artists have met once a year at much-noticed common plein air painting symposia in different locations. While New Zealand and the USA were duelling for the 2017 America’s Cup in Bermuda, […]
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Lionheart Crew Wins America’s Cup J Class Regatta
With a dramatic, high stakes final race which was laden with tension until the final run to the finish on a tight and compact race course off Bermuda’s Saint Georges, Lionheart clinched first at this first America’s Cup J Class Regatta. Carrying a one point lead and with the regatta title in their grasp, they […]
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Tally Ho has a new owner
The famous Albert Strange yacht Tally Ho, which won the Fastnet in 1927, but which has languished ashore for many years at last has a new owner. Leo Goolden – boatbuilder and yachtsman, bought the beleaguered yacht for a dollar at the end of May and put her on a truck yesterday. Leo restored his Nordic […]
