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.

The 173-year wait for victory

Classic Boat

DIVING DEEP • Her new nesting ground in Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, is the ideal base for this 39ft Fife-built cutter to begin the new phase of her nomadic life …

STEAMED UP

Sea, Salts & Sail

Smacks, bawleys, barges and brigs on the east coast

Maldon Town Regatta 2024

Titanic duel in Menorca

SUMMER BREEZE • In his endeavours to track down a glassfibre Cal 40, Phil Cotton has ended up with a relatively low-maintenance classic

Charles William ‘Bill’ Lapworth

Saleroom

Threading the icebergs • And other pleasures of a northern ‘summer’…

The perfect gift this Christmas • 1 YEAR FOR JUST £44.99

CANNES DO ATTITUDE • A Porsche racing car champion in the 1950s, Gonzague Olivier set up a boatyard in Cannes out of a passion for water skiing. Today, only a handful of his small production run remain

BOATBUILDING IN EUROPE • Our look at boatyards around the world continues, this time taking in a few of the European yards fighting the good fight

FAIREY TALE 2.0 • After our overview earlier this year, Barry Pickthall busts a few myths and pays tribute to chief desiger Alan Burnard

ATLANTIC STAR • The chance to sail on the three-masted schooner Atlantic was almost too good to be true; perfect weather and a 65-mile passage race with 11 other classics were just icing on the cake

A round-up of the latest BOOKS • Our reviews of the latest nautical book launches include a useful guide to sailing a tall ship, and a new timely novel on the America’s Cup by… wait for it… the 1980s pop impressario Thomas Dolby

Mousing around • The tale of two mice

LITTLE AND LARGE

What the butler sawed

Fifth Truly Classic 128 launched

Pendennis buys into Cockwells

Llanthony moves

RIP Django

SYH expands with OneSails and Evolution Rigging

STEPPING STONES • The Stone family’s entrepreneurial business pathway has led to a successful, vibrant Salcombe-based boat yard

Boatbuilder’s Notes

MOULDING PLANES

Letters

Next month

Just add water • You may think water’s a solution, but it’s the leading cause of sinking. And look what hard water did to washing machines – and the Titanic – says Dave Selby