Issue 15 – e-Magazine

75 Years of the Folkboat – the world’s most popular and versatile pocket cruiser ever. Latter day Vikings cross the Atlantic in a Long Ship. Jumping off the Tall Ship Eye of the Wind, to swim with whales. Magazine is a straight copy of the paper version in 100 American A4 pages as a pdf.

Folkboats, in GRP or wood, are among the world’s best pocket cruisers and a great way to get afloat and sail over the horizon on a budget. We join a latter day shield maiden as she signs on as crew of the Draken Harald Hafrage – the world’s longest Long Ship to recreate the Vikings’ voyage across the Atlantic 1,000 years ago. This is a spectacular feature of how a large crew copes with living largely in the open for weeks at sea.

We have a report on the Australian Wooden Boat Festival in Tasmania, sailing on the Tall Ship Eye of the Wind on a whale-diving cruise, owning an Atalanta – Fairey’s Aircraft engineering-inspired yacht, what it’s like to be crew on the Padstow lifeboat, restoring a motor cruiser, techniques for anchoring under sail, leathering oars and how we need to clean up our act with antifouling. Plus some great kit on test, places to go, events and some 3-D marine art.

Read a list of the magazine’s contents in full: HERE

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Cover photo by Tim Wright of http://www.photoaction.com/ Longship photo: Viking Nilsson

Ship’s bell and watch system

Issue 15 – e-Magazine