Last few days for Frolic
The 1905 Bristol Channel Pilot Cutter Frolic is due to be cut up and destroyed in the next few days unless someone comes forward to rescue her. Frolic is lying at an island near Bergen [...]
Gosport Marine Fest
With a few spaces remaining to pre-book for rowing and sailing, Gosport Marine Festival is shaping up to offer yet another day of excellent on the water activities for all the family. Taking place on [...]
New GRP classic class for Cowes Week
The world's best-known sailing regatta, has announced a new racing class for this year – the GRP Classic Class. The decision to introduce the new class came about following a conversation Regatta Director Laurence Mead [...]
Latest launch brings Sunbeam fleet to 27
The 96-year-old Solent Sunbeam class welcomed a brand new yacht to its fleet last week with the launching of V70 Minty which took place at Itchenor, the base for this historic and much-admired classic keel-boat [...]
Sale of two Ferraris is RNLI’s largest-ever legacy
• Rare Ferraris auction raised £9.04m – the biggest single legacy ever left to the RNLI • Two 1960s classic cars pay for RNLI Hastings' New Shannon Class Richard and Caroline Colton, officially named on [...]
Eight Bells – Luigi Lang
It's with sadness that we learned the well-known classic yacht judge and yachting author Dr. Luigi Lang died on April 13th. He was born in Milan in 1939 and lived in Chiavari, Liguria. John Lammerts [...]
Ambitious vision for Marine industry
British Marine Press release Following the announcement of its first ever National Agenda, British Marine has today (4 February 2020) launched an ambitious plan to drive its vision of a thriving industry delivering amazing on [...]
Coastguard Form CG66 transfers to RYA
Death of CG66 As the 2020 sailing season approaches, the Regulations and Technical Services committee (RATS) of the Cruising Association (CA) reminds cruising sailors that the voluntary safety information scheme known as CG66 (after the [...]
Fife yachts sale low
Two Fife classic boats were sold at auction in Paris today together raising little more than the lower price expected for the smaller vessel. The beautifully restored 1908 15-M Mariska sold for €320,000 (£272,000) while [...]
National Historic Ships teams up with Pellew people
National Historic Ships UK (NHS-UK) has announced that the Falmouth Pilot Cutter CIC has joined as a new partner for the final season of the Shipshape Heritage Training Partnership 2 (SHTP 2) project – a [...]
Maldon’s barges face mooring fees hike
From the Society for Sailing Barge Research Blog Maldon District Council – E Petition – Increase in charges for mooring barges and parking cars on Hythe Quay The Thames Sailing Barge Trust and other barge [...]
Sailing aboard Mariquita
The story of sailing aboard Mariquita - a big class yacht built in 1911 to the 19-M rule [/fusion_youtube] Update: Mariquita was sold in February 2020 at auction. See report: HERE Transcript [...]