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Wm Wyllie – marine artist and sailor
Wm Wyllie was the most distinguished marine artist of his day. His prolific output also means that many can still enjoy his art and his sketches – like this one of Loch Fyne skiffs are still available. Wyllie, seen here crossing the north sea with his wife and son, was a keen sailor from early […]
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Dubois Naval Architects goes up for auction
Viewing starts tomorrow Friday 24 February of the assets of Dubois Naval Architects Limited (In Liquidation), including an Avon 18ft RIB with Yamaha 4-stroke outboard (valued at £4,600). The famous Dubois name and all its drawings except the current project (being finished in Holland) are offered at a reserve price (not yet met) of just […]
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Overseas subscriptions price slash
Joy to the world! We’ve been able to reduce our subscription charges to overseas readers! Postage costs were quite high when we started but we are getting a better deal ourselves – so we can pass this directly on to our readers, for annual rates. Thus a Euro sub is reduced by more than 25% […]
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Amokura revisiting the scene of Millar’s Oyster River
The 1000th boat has just registered to attend the 2017 Semaine du Golfe festival in Brittany, from 22 – 28 May this summer. The superb 24-ton, 50.3 ft, yawl Amokura is coming for the first time to the festival, although she has already cruised to the “Little Sea” as Morbihan means in Breton. In the […]
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Medway and Swale – Heritage
A conference on the maritime heritage of the Medway and Swale will be held in Chatham on Saturday March 4th. Speakers include Tony Lavelle, Richard Holdsworth, Wilf Lower, Cllr Alan Jarrett, David Newbury, Henry Cleary and Gavin Parson – covering a variety of subjects on these ancient waterways of Kent. More details on our events […]
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Amundsen’s Maud returns
Roald Amundsen’s ship Maud, built for his second Arctic expedition and launched 100 years ago, in June 1917, has spent the last 90 years preserved in ice, in Cambridge Bay, Canada, where she sunk after four years of being frozen in, in 1930. She had been sold to the Hudson’s Bay Company on behalf of […]
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Australian Wooden Boat Fest 2017 is On the Way
Tasmania – from the organisers: Well, the venues are booked, the program is out, the boats are lined up and more than 268 volunteers have already signed up to be part of the largest wooden boat festival in Australia (well, actually one of the largest in the world!). With 427 registered boats being painted sanded, […]
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Volunteers needed…
The battle to complete the restoration of the historic paddle steamer Medway Queen goes on. With the aid, once again, of the Heritage Lottery Fund the Medway Queen Preservation Society is coming to grips with current organisational and legal requirements for heritage charities. The focus is now on the volunteers who work on the ship […]
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Round the Island – entries open at Midnight Thursday 26 January
From the organisers – Cowes, Isle of Wight: The iconic one-day yacht racing extravangaza, the Round the Island Race™, organised by the Island Sailing Club (ISC) in Cowes, has announced that Early Bird entries for the 2017 race, being held on Saturday 1st July, will open at 00.00 on Friday 27th January. In tandem, the […]
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Ken Read’s insights from the recent yacht racing forum – Malta
Ken Read makes some interesting points about getting into sailing at last year’s yacht racing forum in Malta… Ken is well known for helming on J-Class Yachts and offers some advice on how to attract and keep young people into the sport. […]
