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February issue out
If you missed your copy of CS at the London Boat Show then it is in the shops now! And just look how much goes into this magazine! No wonder it’s becoming a firm favourite with sailors, boaters and fans of boating generally. Our major features are below in bold type. Here are the contents […]
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Good news from British Marine
UK marine industry grows for fourth consecutive year – new figures released at the London Boat Show 2016 The UK leisure, superyacht and small commercial marine industry continues to grow, according to new statistics published this morning by British Marine at the London Boat Show 2016. The statistics, which are released alongside British Marine’s bi-annual […]
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Come and see us in London
Come and see us at the London Boat Show this week! We are really enjoying meeting our new and growing readership! We have the new February issue on the stand (F017 in the south hall of ExCel), plus some back issues and a good offer on subscriptions. We’re sharing the space with Nick Beck of […]
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Jack London and the Voyage of the Snark
Jack London was already an inspirational writer when he had a boat built with plans to circumnavigate with his wife and friends as crew. He took off across the Pacific into unknown waters until a disease that made his hands swell and peel forced him home. Luckily for us the experiences informed his writing. Read […]
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A pool at the London Boat Show
For years – since the Boat Show moved away from Earls Court and into the ExCel centre across town in 2004, there have been calls for boats in the pool – a one time central feature of the show. So it was interesting to see the new Shrimper 21 from Cornish Crabbers tied up and […]
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A Zulu?
What this place needs is a proper Zulu – the pinnacle of the Scottish lugger design at the end of the 19th century. Plumb stem and with a radically raked stern post – of 45 degrees, typically these deep sea trawlers and herring drifters would be 70ft long and sail out to the north Atlantic. […]
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Living on a barge – Humber Keel Daybreak
Living on a barge offers a romantic lifestyle enjoyed by the waterborne community and for many it’s a dream – to get away from it all, especially if your barge is seaworthy and can travel along the coast or via inland waterways. But what is it really like to be liveaboards like this? The January […]
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Cate Blanchett – in our news pages
Cate Blanchett Our quay people for this month’s issue features the actor Cate Blanchett, who is set to star in a film of the story of the Saxon burial ship excavations at Sutton Hoo in the 1930s. We have news of the two year apprentices scheme for National Historic Ships, a report from the Clovelly […]
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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 […]
