Late at night at the Brest festival... a short photo essay by Nigel Pert to the music of Alan Špiljak (Stars above – from the Silverlight album) The photos are from the bilingual book CELEBRATING TRADITIONAL BOATS / LES FÊTES MARITIMES DE BREST by Nigel Pert with captions and [...]
The Albert Strange Association is desperate to find a champion for the 47ft Strange yacht Tally Ho, built in Shoreham by Stow and Sons in 1910. Ninety years ago this great ocean racing boat was winner of the 1927 Fastnet Race. First commissioned as BETTY, as a cruiser with deep sea fishing capability, she carried the [...]
From our December issue: Opening photo shows: Whooper at the RYS Bicentenary regatta. Inside her is Cereste, third yacht is the S&S Clarionet - Photo James Robinson Taylor Solent based Whooper is a winning yacht – last year she won the Gold Roman Bowl in the Round the Island race... not bad for a 1939 [...]
