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January’s issue arrives!
We hope you like our latest issue – No4, January, which is in the shops now. Our cover feature is sailing L’Hermione a replica French frigate whose captain we interview for a piece on living history. The ship is amazing he reports, more stable, more easy to handle and more fast than they had at […]
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Julian Mustoe’s Folksong Harrier of Down sinks
When the steering failed on Julian Mustoe’s 25ft yacht Harrier of Down in the North Sea, he sent a radio message to the Shetland Lifeboat, and in doing so initiated both media headlines (in which he was derogatively described as “an 82-year-old pensioner”) and a chain of events which led to the total loss of […]
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The winning ways of Whooper
Meet Giovanni Belgrano – one of our featured classic sailors in the December edition, who takes racing his 1939 Giles one-off design to new heights as he tweaks her rig and systems, and trains his crew with an almost Olympic approach to get her winning against much more modern yachts in IRC classes – including […]
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Should Stellas be made in GRP?
We have some news from the Stella Association in our December issue – the class is mainly east coast based and has eschewed GRP since it was designed by Kim Holman in 1959. Elsewhere in the issue, in an article about the Folkboat-derived GRP boats we ask our readers which is their favourite classic glassfibre […]
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The Coble… or is that “Cobble”?
Author and fishing industry historian Mike Smylie has a regular spot in Classic Sailor where each month he describes one of the archetypal craft that were developed to fish off the British coast. We started with Cornish luggers and then the Scottish Scaffie; this month we are round on the north east coast with the […]
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IODs – semifinals
HAMILTON, Bermuda – The semifinals of the $100,000 Argo Group Gold Cup features a past champion, a two-time runner-up, a 12-time entrant and a young gun aiming to upset the balance. Crews led by skippers Taylor Canfield, Adam Minoprio, Björn Hansen and Keith Swinton advanced to the next round of the regatta after surviving a […]
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Classic Sailor – our first issue
In our first issue… We kick off with an opening shot – by Daniel Forster –of history repeating and a first-hand account – by Chris Spray – of how the S&S sister yawls Dorade and Stormy Weather fought it out again this year at the Fastnet Rock Association News: 8-Metres Worlds. With the King of […]
