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Tom Cunliffe Soul Starter

Another bump and the whole ship shuddered. It was now or never....

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6 mins  |
December 2017
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A Poignant Wrack Protected

A century on, Dick Durham visits a German U-boat wreck in Kentish marshland

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3 mins  |
December 2017
Strange Appeal
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Strange Appeal

Any yacht from the artist Albert Strange is special. Charmina, once owned by Keble Chatterton and now restored, is no exception

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7 mins  |
August 2017
Standing The Test Of Time
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Standing The Test Of Time

Traditional construction is easier and more satisfying, I say

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3 mins  |
August 2017
How Many Roads?
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How Many Roads?

As founder of Fairlie Restorations, Duncan Walker has been behind more big-yacht restorations than anyone else. We ask him to reflect on the past 30 years

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6 mins  |
August 2017
The Question Of Authenticity
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The Question Of Authenticity

How far to go in the quest for a boat ‘as she was’? Modern know-how and seamanlike fit-out must be balanced with many other considerations.

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10+ mins  |
August 2017
Norfolk Classic Revived
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Norfolk Classic Revived

GRP manufacturer Broom has begun restoring wooden boats from its past. Jenny Wren was the first to get the treatment

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6 mins  |
August 2017
Taking His Final Sail
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Taking His Final Sail

Jan Hein witnesses a moving salute to a fellow sailor.

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3 mins  |
August 2017
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'Wind-Driven Locomotive'

That’s how The Who guitarist Pete Townshend described the Jack Laurent Giles sloop Pazienza. After a long-term refit by her current owners, has she still got the magic?

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8 mins  |
October 2017
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David Boyd The Fairlie Years

Known for designing British 12-Metres for the America's Cup, David Boyd also made a significant contribution to the legend of William Fife III

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10 mins  |
October 2017
Tom Cunliffe- Days Of Yore
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Tom Cunliffe- Days Of Yore

Oil lamps and paper charts contribute much to the atmosphere on board a traditional boat

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6 mins  |
October 2017
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A Shed Load Of Work

The characterful yard that will restore anything – so long as it is a woodie with soul

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4 mins  |
October 2017
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Flying Dutchman

She transported wartime spies, she was a royal yacht and now, owned by an Italian count, she cruises out of Italy and Menorca. Not bad for a one-time Dutch pilot schooner

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10 mins  |
November 2017
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Yacht Stylist Martha Coolidge

I’ve come to realise I don’t actually like cruising. I much prefer racing.

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2 mins  |
November 2017
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1963 Admiral's Cup- Team Mates Afloat

They inspired a generation of yachtsmen with a famous win in the fourth Admiral’s Cup. Today, they’re still doing what they were designed to do – race!

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10+ mins  |
November 2017
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Sternpost- Saving No1, Hope

Clare McComb had to be yachting historian and detective to save a historic dinghy

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3 mins  |
November 2017
Secrets of a long life
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Secrets of a long life

If it’s not broke, don’t fix it or, as it were, maintain it.

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3 mins  |
April 2017
Ultimate Planing Machine
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Ultimate Planing Machine

The 328 Roadster helped to make BMW famous, but a hydroplane powered by the same motor was left to gather dust in a shed for half-a-century. Until now...

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5 mins  |
March 2017
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Perfect Composition

The 1937 Alden sloop Sonata was found dead in a Mallorcan forest. Just look at her now

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10 mins  |
December 2017
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Bosun's Bag

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

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4 mins  |
December 2017
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Hamble Classics A Friendly Fleet

The second edition of the event was as successful as the first, cementing its place as a season-closer for classic boats of all shapes and sizes

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3 mins  |
December 2017
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Racing On Thalia

Sailing en famille at Hamble Classics on an 1888 gaff cutter...with a puppy dog?

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6 mins  |
December 2017
Bosun's Bag
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Bosun's Bag

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

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5 mins  |
August 2017
JS Race In Bermuda
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JS Race In Bermuda

The biggest ever gathering of the class in its history and a historic return to the America’s Cup

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4 mins  |
August 2017
Sailing On Joshua
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Sailing On Joshua

Bernard Moitessier’s yacht from the 1968 Golden Globe race almost perished in a Mexican hurricane. But she’s still sailing in Brittany and is coming to England next year

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10 mins  |
August 2017
How To Build A Boat In Japan
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How To Build A Boat In Japan

An ancient tradition of wooden boatbuilding is facing extinction, but one American is trying to document the craft before it disappears

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8 mins  |
August 2017

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