News crews on a booze cruise
Channel 5's Britain by Boat has so far not really lived up to expectations. It features the veteran BBC newsreader Michael Buerk and John Sergeant, the Beeb's long term (1992 to 2000) chief political correspondent [...]
Susie Goodall rescued
Ship arrives and she is craned off Moment of rescue (MRCC Chile) Susie Goodall has been rescued and is now safely aboard the Hong Kong-flagged 190m Tian Fu. The ship arrived in [...]
Slats closes the gap
The Race is On! Mark Slats rounds Cape Horn and closes the distance on J-LVDH Jean-Luc Van Den Heede predicts a January 23 finish Susie's water shortages Outside assistance? New rule bans position reporting over [...]
UK to have its own GPS system
Mrs May has said that Britain would develop and build its own Global Navigation Satellite System, at a projected cost of £3-5bn. The announcement came on Friday November 30, as a reaction to the European [...]
Jean-Luc rounds Cape Horn
Jean-Luc Van den Heede, the 73-years young French sailor leading the Golden Globe Race in his Rustler 36 yacht Matmut, rounded Cape Horn last night and is heading north east into the Atlantic at [...]
Falls of Clyde returning to Scotland
The world's last iron four masted ship, Falls of Clyde, built in 1878, has a date for returning to Scotland for restoration, but desperately needs a funding campaign to take off in order for that [...]
World’s first 3-D printed boat
A 25ft power patrol boat has been 'printed' by the University of Maine at its Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono, Maine. The event also unveiled the world's largest polymer 3-D printer which is [...]
Our next boat
Long term cruiser Richard Toyne on the process of choosing the boat to replace his beloved liveaboard ketch Sigfrid When Magali and I decided to sell, our 34ft 6in (10.6m) steel ketch, and buy [...]
Dominic Pérotin – Marine Artist
Painting onto wood Fife cutters Tuiga, Moonbeam III & Moonbeam IV If you want something very unique and boaty then check out these maritime miniatures from Brittany-based artist Dominic Pérotin. Inspired mainly by [...]
Moulding an oil tray
How To Series by Jake Kavanagh with Wessex Resins and adhesives The beauty of epoxy is that it makes a tough, non-shrinking connection between various angles of wood, ideal when you want to make a [...]
Coll regs tea towel
Spotted this Coll Regs tea towel for lights and day shapes at the Southampton Boat Show and it's a good one for brushing up on your old night school knowledge or testing yourself over the [...]
Great deals on sailing Eye of the Wind
+44(0)1872 580022 - Email: Skippers@classic-sailing.co.uk Windy & Wild Options - for all Budgets What true sailor wouldn't want to sail in the windy West Indies on our new vessel 'Eye of the Wind?' 13 [...]