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Sails of the CENTURY
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Sails of the CENTURY

When it comes to buying new sails, classic boat owners may face a bewildering choice of sailcloths and panel layouts – Nigel Sharp offers up some clarity

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7 mins  |
September 2020
Running on blind faith
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Running on blind faith

Used correctly, Stuart Turners are completely silent and reliable, explains Dave Selby

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3 mins  |
September 2020
SEA SOLACE
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SEA SOLACE

Revisiting childhood Brittany holidays with his parents, Roger Barnes fills in some the gaps from those early travels but finds most joy in the human encounters

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9 mins  |
September 2020
LUKE CHAPTER 9
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LUKE CHAPTER 9

Pellew is Luke Powell’s 9th pilot cutter replica, and his biggest... by far

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10+ mins  |
September 2020
ROD HEIKELL - The pilot
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ROD HEIKELL - The pilot

The Kiwi who came to the Mediterranean, fell in love, and never went home

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6 mins  |
September 2020
1930S-STYLE COMMUTE TO WORK
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1930S-STYLE COMMUTE TO WORK

After some serious restoration it is hoped that Scout will motor on into the next century

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7 mins  |
September 2020
AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Halcyon 27
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AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Halcyon 27

Those of us who were old enough to enjoy a pub, drive a car, go to rock concerts and sail offshore on yachts in the heady days of the 1960s were lucky. We were pitched headlong into an era of change, liberation, thrills and occasional spills. It was magic.

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3 mins  |
September 2020
Who Was Really The First To Discover America?
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Who Was Really The First To Discover America?

A historical replica voyage has proved that the Phoenicians may well have reached the shores of the new world a full two millennia before Columbus

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9 mins  |
August 2020
SAVING ADLARD COLES' YACHT
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SAVING ADLARD COLES' YACHT

Cohoe IV has been in the Osborn family for more than 30 years, but she was commissioned by none other than Adlard Coles

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8 mins  |
August 2020
BOSUN'S BAG
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BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

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5 mins  |
August 2020
PARISIAN POWERBOAT PIONEER
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PARISIAN POWERBOAT PIONEER

Founded in 1905, Despujols was one of the rst great names of international powerboating. Its nal boats built in the 1960s mark the end of the golden age of varnished wooden runabouts and artisanal yards

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7 mins  |
August 2020
TOM CUNLIFFE - THAT SINKING FEELING
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TOM CUNLIFFE - THAT SINKING FEELING

Experience may trump theorising, but who thought plugging cracked seams with soap was a good idea?

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6 mins  |
August 2020
ON THE WINDS OF THE WAR
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ON THE WINDS OF THE WAR

General Patton’s plan to sail When and If around the world was never realised – current owner Seth Salzmann intends to full the boat’s destiny

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9 mins  |
August 2020
SETH SALZMANN -Thinking big
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SETH SALZMANN -Thinking big

After a lifetime love affair with schooners, Seth makes manoeuvring his 141-footer look easy

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4 mins  |
August 2020
PAINT Finishing TOUCH
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PAINT Finishing TOUCH

We asked Thames boatbuilder Colin Henwood, who teaches finishing to students at the Boat Building Academy, to give us a crash course in paint and varnish. In this second part, he tackles the subject of a perfect traditional gloss paint finish

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8 mins  |
August 2020
GROWN GRAB RAILS
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GROWN GRAB RAILS

In the second of our ‘lockdown projects’ series, we make good use of a wooden windfall

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3 mins  |
August 2020
10OF THE BEST SAILING DINGHIES
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10OF THE BEST SAILING DINGHIES

In years gone by, you’d have had a 12 or 14ft clinker-built, lug-rigged dinghy with a pair of oars, but there is now a plethora of boats to buy, or build from kit or plan

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9 mins  |
August 2020
The Fife Dynasty
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The Fife Dynasty

When people speak of Wm Fife III’s designs, you might be forgiven for thinking he had been placed on this earth by angels. In fact, he learned much from his boatbuilding father and grandfather

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10 mins  |
July 2020
TALL SHIP IN TENERIFE
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TALL SHIP IN TENERIFE

Shipping aboard a square-rigger for some sailing in the Canaries was a chance to learn some new sail names and escape the northern hemisphere winter

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7 mins  |
July 2020
JACK GIFFORD Lines man
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JACK GIFFORD Lines man

When he’s not writing his Classic Design column for us, naval architect Jack Gifford is usually designing boats – or prospecting for gold in the Congo

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5 mins  |
July 2020
SET FOR ANOTHER CENTURY
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SET FOR ANOTHER CENTURY

Curlew has been through a lot over the last 108 years, but her owner’s philosophy was to make a strong boat even stronger

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9 mins  |
July 2020
ITALIAN FLAIR
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ITALIAN FLAIR

Meet the family who have built over 3,000 boats

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2 mins  |
July 2020
SPEETOG PLIER CLAMP
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SPEETOG PLIER CLAMP

Speetogs may sound like slimline swimming trunks, but mixing these toggle-operated tools with your Speedos could engender life-changing events. Compact as nutcrackers, the Speetog plier clamp is the true terrier of the toolbox, as tenacious as those eager jaws and muscular levers would suggest.

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1 min  |
July 2020
RENAISSANCE OF A MASTERPIECE
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RENAISSANCE OF A MASTERPIECE

From her controversial start, this beautiful, heavy-weather champion from Fife III has found many lovers in a century afloat

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10 mins  |
July 2020
Sailing at a social distance
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Sailing at a social distance

Harking back to simpler times during enforced boatlessness

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3 mins  |
July 2020
HOW TO WHITTLE WOODEN SPOONS
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HOW TO WHITTLE WOODEN SPOONS

Sailors on long voyages would pass the time whittling spoons. In the first of our ‘lockdown projects’ series, we learn how

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3 mins  |
July 2020
CLEAN SWEEP WITH A BROOM
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CLEAN SWEEP WITH A BROOM

Bought in 2011, Admiral VII has been a labour of love, if not a busman’s holiday, for cross-Channel ferry captain Steve Morgan

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6 mins  |
July 2020
BACK WITH A FANFARE
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BACK WITH A FANFARE

It was love at first sight for Alessandra Della Betta, whose first boat – 105-year-old Tirrenia II – was relaunched with a star-studded party after a decade out of the water

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8 mins  |
June 2020
BOSUN'S BAG
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BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

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4 mins  |
June 2020
Bluebird The first twin-keeler
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Bluebird The first twin-keeler

The revolutionary twin-keeled Bluebird was met with disdain from sailors in the 1920s, but then the rest of the world caught on...

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3 mins  |
June 2020

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