Classic Boat

Admire the world's most beautiful boats, brought to life through breath-taking photography. Classic Boat offers a unique blend of yacht reviews, seamanship and restoration features, history and design columns, practical advice and coverage of the leading international regattas and events. Whether your interest lies in working on restoration projects or sailing in classic regattas; whether you're a wooden boat owner or simply an admirer of traditional marine workmanship, Classic Boat will have something for you.

British summer time

Classic Boat

STAR OF SYDNEY • With her distinctive stepped sheer, canoe stern and racing pedigree, the Aussie yacht Caress is a star in Sydney Harbour. Now, after a full restoration, she’s racing again

Tell Tales

French Summertime

New event for luggers

Light fantastic

DOUBLE ACT • Tanera Mor luggers St Vincent and Clan Gordon were restored simultaneously, at nearby yards, both to be authentic and engineless

Saleroom

Rule Britannia • Will the Big Class ever return?

Finnish line • A passion for round-the-world races, solo and crewed, has created a new kind of racing yachtsman

MONUMENT TO JOY • The 1930s Dunkirk little ship Breda played a pivotal part in the war, and now she’s making the most of peacetime with a new life based around cocktails and cruising

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED • Hunter’s Yard, near Ludham, was the perfect choice for traditional, gaff rig-sailing rookies – Sue Pelling and her husband Julio – to embrace the delights of sailing on the Norfolk Broads

MADAME DE LA MER • With the Olympic Games looming, we remember Virginie Heriot, Olympic gold-medallist, serial superyacht owner, ambassador to the sport and inspiration to the world

POWER AND GLORY • The range of powered vessels on the market continues to grow, with more types now available in the three broad categories than there are pages in this magazine. But here are a few…

Smack lover • A perfect day smack racing

Getting afloat

Yard News

THE SAILS TEAM • John Parker has been around since the chaotic days of tape measure and scissors… now it’s CAD design and laser cutting

Getting a grip on saw sharpening

GOLDENBERG PLANES

Letters

Next month

Taking up is hard to do • Dave Selby on sinking, the correct term for which is launching