Tag: Classic Sailor
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Oyster Yachts bailed out of administration
The gaming software entrepreneur Richard Hadida (above) has bailed Oyster Yachts out of administration in a rescue hoped to re-employ many of the company’s 420 staff. The Southampton-based luxury yachtbuilders ceased operations last month despite… […]
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The ketch where you are encouraged to jump ship
Historic sailing vessel Irene has made a significant change in its programme for 2018 with the introduction of new Sail Paddle Walk holidays starting this June in Western Scotland. The new voyages enable guests to… […]
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Where can I attend a festival for a fiver?
From NWF Press: Where can you go to see some of the world’s top windsurfers and stand up paddle (SUP) boarders compete, listen to live music, immerse yourself in demos and talks, test out the… […]
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Classic Sailor Magazine – Online
Classic Sailor is an online magazine for all who love boats and boating and publishes news and features covering seamanship in seaworthy boats: GRP, wood and other materials. Ours is a broad approach aimed at… […]
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Restructure, and the next issue
Classic Sailor magazine is going through a period of restructuring at the moment following the death of our chairman and benefactor David Walker earlier this summer. This means that we are not publishing a December-January… […]
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Britain’s oldest working fisherman
Bill Hocking At 87, Bill is Britain’s oldest working fisherman, still laying lobster pots with his 15ft boat off the Cornish coast. He talked to Phil Russell about the ‘Great Mackerel Klondyke’, the sinking of… […]
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Why I am never retiring!
In which Lucy L Ford attends a sea survival course – a birthday present from The Skipper ‘You have be able to jump into the sea when the time comes’… I can’t wait Apparently when… […]
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Classic Sailor Magazine Issue 13 – December 2016 – January 2017
Our December-January issue – some great winter reading. Containing a broad range of contents, from cruising an Achilles 24 through the Caledonian Canal and up the west coast of Scotland to a comprehensive review of… […]
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Lucy L Ford and her “dinghy experience”
We have some great writers on Classic Sailor. And here is a great piece, from Lucy L Ford, on the pitfalls of going ashore in the dinghy: The ‘dinghy experience’ for the ungainly housewife has… […]
