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.

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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF CLASSIC YACHTS

SWEDEN’S GREATEST YACHT SAILS AGAIN • After a long and chequered history, the 12-M yacht and icon of Sweden, Princess Svanevit, has returned home and is once more sailing the waters of the Stockholm archipelago

SUMMER OF SAIL • A review of some of this year’s iconic, summer classic regattas

LUGGER FEST ULLAPOOL

COWES SPRING CLASSICS

VOILES D’ANTIBES

FALMOUTH CLASSICS

SPIRIT YACHTS GUERNSEY REGATTA

HENLEY THAMES TRAD

BRITISH CLASSIC WEEK

CANADA’S DAUGHTER • She was designed for the Thames but built in Canada. After 127 years, she’s possibly the nation’s oldest boat, and her recent refit sees her ready for another century

Classic Boat 2024 Awards

WELCOME BACK HENRI-LLOYD • After a few years becalmed, one of the most famous names in sailing attire is back on the wind

ONE IN A MILLE • Mariquita wins the second edition of the Richard Mille Cup after two weeks of intense racing

MOTORBOAT BUYING GUIDE • The range of powered vessels on the market continues to grow, with more types now available in the three broad categories. But here are a few…

MOMENT OF 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

BATTLE SHIP • A replica World War One wooden warship, with a pedigree in racing motor boat history, wowed visitors at last year’s Southampton Boat Show

NO SOONER BARUNA • The talk on the quays at Les Voiles was of the yawl Baruna, fresh out of the shed after seven and a half years

SAFE & SOUND • The RNLI has been saving lives for 200 years. In its special celebratory year, we applaud this extraordinary maritime service

LIVE SAVERS • A look at the designs of RNLI working craft through the ages, and the evolution that led to the rapid powerboats in service today

THE FROZEN GUANTLET • Integrity is no steel-hulled ice-crusher, but she’s proved herself in icy seas over the years. Now it was time for her builder and crew to sail the North West Passage

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS • The ketch Lutine of Helford was the first yacht built for Lloyd’s Yacht Club. Now restored, she lives on as a family racing yacht

HISTORY OF THE WHITBREAD RACE • Fifty years ago, the Whitbread Round the World Race changed sailing forever. One journalist who was present shares his memories of the boats and the sailors who vied to lead their crews to beat the world

PASSING ON THE FLAME • Eric Tabarly’s ever-green Whitbread maxi Pen Duick VI never won a round-the-world yacht race… until now, when she was first over the line in the most recent Ocean Globe Race. The skipper this time was his daughter – Marie Tabarly

BREATHLESS IN BARCELONA • Perfect conditions meant max speed for the classics at the 16th Vela Puig, as the city prepares for the America’s Cup

A GOLDEN ERA TO BE ALIVE • Butch Dalyrymple-Smith on a life lived in a century of abundance, when the stars were your GPS and the Solent your testing tank