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July issue – Trailer sailers – a great alternative
We’re looking at the trailer sailer this month, with the start of a four part guide into owning and sailing one. With a cabin and towed behind a family car are they the best way to get away to a different bit of coast each season? Certainly the upkeep is going to be easier, and […]
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Chuck Paine and his famous Frances 26
A design that has stood the test of time, and just updated […]
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Across Biscay for a meeting about the new Cutty Sark
Brit Pete Sedgwick joins the Russian Tall Ship Shtandart for a voyage to Spain to meet prospective builders of the new Cutty Sark. In a gale… […]
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Cowes Classics – here be Dragons!
This year – for the first time at the Cowes Classics Regatta they sailed Dragons… […]
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A new 12-M to an old design
Profiling the Robbe and Berking 12-M Siesta – a 75 year old design from Johan Anker Photos by Ina Steinhusen […]
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Across England by yacht
Using the Thames and canals to from from east to west […]
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Molly – taking a yacht across England
One of the best stories in Classic Sailor this month is by Mary Gibbs, who wanted her boat Molly to be nearer home. Molly was in Maldon and Mary was near Manchester; a sea voyage was impractical and taking the boat by road felt wrong, so she decided on the Thames and the canals as […]
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Nuthin’ but a helm dog
Written by Neil Paytor for our Instructor’s tales series. Taken from the April issue of Classic Sailor Living on my boat (a Yamaha 34) at Haslar Marina with my partner Maria, who runs the Lightship bar & restaurant there, I have plenty of opportunities to witness the difficulties many boat owners experience parking a boat. […]
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Our June issue – a bucolic feast
If you have a boat with the right draught you can get from the muddy creeks of the east coast to the rocky west of England without having to put to sea. And this month we feature a lady who did just that, using the tidal Thames and the wonderful canal system. Not only did […]
