Book signing of Les Fêtes Maritimes
Because of Covid restrictions sadly I cannot be in Rochefort this coming weekend, writes Dan Houston, to join the photographer Nigel Pert in signing copies of our collaborative book - Celebrating Trad Boats (or Les [...]
Antibes: An unusual and stunning 25th edition
Les Voiles d'Antibes regatta 2020 (September 16 - 20) Besides having had to postpone the 25th edition from June until September due to COVID, Les Voiles d'Antibes last week also had to play with the [...]
Council cancels Southampton Boat Show
Giving organisers less than 12 hours notice Southampton Council stopped the BOATS 2020 alternative Boat Show going ahead on the eve of its opening day. Organisers British Marine announced the closure at 2126 last night, [...]
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard reopens
From Portsmouth we have the good news that the heritage maritime sites are reopening on Monday August 24. "We are delighted to announce that we will be reopening our sites in Portsmouth and Gosport next [...]
Australian Wooden Boat Festival 2021 cancelled
The Australian Wooden Boat Festival planned for February 2021 will not be proceeding, the festival’s General Manager Mr Paul Stephanus announced today. Mr Stephanus said that considerable planning had already gone into next year’s festival [...]
Pilot Cutter enriches Charlestown
Charlestown Harbour welcomes a new boat, Mascotte - the largest surviving Bristol Chanel Pilot Cutter - which also marks the launch of a new charitable sailing charity using Mascotte, called Rich’s Boat. The charity, named after Mascotte's longterm [...]
Pumping our way across the Atlantic
The boat was a beauty, but she let in a lot of water... By Ian Galletti Having crewed on a Contessa 32 when she was harmlessly ‘pooped’ many times during the 1979 Fastnet storm, I [...]
Boatyard Jobs in Plymouth and Saltash
Plymouth-based Shipwrights Stirling and Son and Treluggan Boatyard up the river Lynher in Saltash are looking to hire new staff. Sara Stirling tells CS: "Due to a number of projects that we have on the [...]
Aidan & his Seagull
Aidan and his Heard 28 Isabel's legendary British Seagull outboard - a hybrid of several models he has used over the years. Aidan's in depth article on Seagulls can be found: HERE
How to set your sails – the controls and their effects
Excerpts from an interview with highly accomplished Dinghy through to Maxi Yacht sailor and North Sails sailmaker Michael Coxon. Racing tips By Brett Bowden What's the most important sail control and how does that vary [...]
Buckler’s Hard reopens for 50th anniversary
Lord Montagu has reopened Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour following the completion of its major £2m redevelopment, 50 years after the marina was first built as a haven for boats on the Beaulieu River. Faces from [...]
Arthur Beale closes its doors at 194 Shaftesbury Avenue
Just as lockdown measures begin to ease, London's most famous chandler is forced to quit it premises. After 150 years at 194 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, the doyen of yacht chandlers Arhur Beale is shutting the [...]