The world’s most famous yacht race is a century old. Barry Pickthall, who has covered every race for 50 of those years, takes ...

The 12th Classic Yacht Symposium weekend in March was a treat for those who managed to get a ticket... Here are the ...

In Joseph Conrad's great nautical writing, Adrian Morgan shows us the many ways he has written about and described the ...

Together with HMS Victory’s Master Shipwright Leonardo Bortolami, we look at some common questions about the project and ...

Abbey Boat Builder re-launched on June 14th this year as they moved to new premises based in the heart of the historical ...

Tom Cunliffe tells us of the day Eric Tabarly came aboard. It’s high summer. The regatta scene is here and, as many of us know, when it comes to putting on a good time there’s none like the French. In ...

Steffan Meyric-Hughes travels to Suffolk to take a look at some of the exciting projects underway at Waldringfield Boatyard… Dragging the Spike Crew along on yard visits was becoming a habit, and a ...

The Edwardian Broads racer Sparklet survived a war and an unsympathetic conversion, and is now back to her best, Richard Johnstone Bryden tells us. An unsympathetic conversion shortly before World War ...

Perhaps the oldest motor yacht of this size and originality left in the world, Madiz has 120 years of continuous service and more to give, William Collier tells us. Madiz is a unique survivor from the ...

After winning the Spirit of Tradition trophy at this year’s Classic Boat Awards, Laerling is due to launch this weekend… The 52ft steel ketch Laerling, built at Downs Road Boatyard by Heritage Marine ...

The J-Class has been central to the legend of classic yachts from the start, but their smaller sisters, the Ps and Qs, are on the rise in a big way these days, Craig Davis tells us. It is nothing if ...