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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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How to survive the America’s Cup
Contributing editor Guy Venables visited Bermuda recently to witness the pre-flight competition of the America’s Cup – which began in Spithead this summer (and will wind up back in Bermuda with the big foilers in 2017). His latest report is in our December edition and makes compelling reading, in fact we challenge you not to […]
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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… [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] We kick off with an opening shot of history repeating and a first-hand account of how the S&S yawls Dorade and Stormy Weather fought it out at […]
