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What an impossible task: “Pick 10 of your favourite sailing dinghies under 16ft,” said the editor. “Something suitable for a family, good for rowing, too, and that you can stick on outboard on if necessary.” Balancing the contradictory requirements of this type of boat – sail vs oar vs outboard – is a challenge that has tested generations of designers, and there is a bewildering array of designs out there. So, I decided to go personal and focus on boats that are a) currently available, and b) which I’ve either sailed on or witnessed their performance close at hand.
The smallest in this selection is the 10ft 6in Lily, designed by Ashley Butler (better known for his bigger, workboat-inspired cruising yachts, such as Sally B). He says the boat was inspired by the dinghies in Claud Worth’s book Yacht Cruising and planked in Sitka spruce, as recommended by the celebrated yachtsman, although Butler says he hasn’t yet built one “so thin as to be transparent, as he mentions in his book!” I sailed on the rst Lily on the Blackwater River many years ago and, despite a close encounter with a mud bank, was immediately taken back to a more innocent age.
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The Need For Speed
Saving lives at sea has always been bound to the speed of rescue, from the first rowing boats to the 60-knot, all-weather motorboats of today
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ROW YOUR BOAT
There has been a steady rise in recreational rowing over the past few years, and the choice can be bewildering. What’s the right boat for you?
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Traditional Tool
JOINER’S NAME STAMP
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Classic misuse of a word
Real classic ownership involves rot, rust and reward
SCUD MISSILE
Herreshoff’s newly-restored Bar Harbor 31 Scud lit up the classic racing scene in the Med in 2020 with a double win at Cannes and Saint-Tropez
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BOSUN'S BAG
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
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DOUG LEEN - Tugboat man
Vietnam vet, park ranger, dentist, small-craft conservator and tugboat skipper.... meet Ranger Doug!
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CHANCE TO SAVE AN Albert Strange yawl
Chances at Albert Strange ownership don’t come up often, and Sheila II is the quintessential Strange – and one with a great history, too
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AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Salcombe Yawls
A friend and I once decided that walking might make a change from sailing. So we set forth to walk from Branscombe to Bigbury, a 100-mile stretch of the south-west coastal path marked by knackering climbs and knee-wrenching descents.
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Cardiff, Wales - Save The Elena Maria Barbara!
A rare, 18th-century schooner replica, restored to the tune of around £1 million, could be abandoned if a buyer is not found soon.