The amount of work going on at Dennett’s yard, which includes four simultaneous major restorations, is so momentous that even hearing about it is enough to bring on launch deadline panic. There...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/news/yard-news/yard-news-surrey-dennetts/
Peter Gregson of Wooden Ships brokerage in Dartmouth, was a legend for his breadth of knowledge and straight talking. New boss, son Richard, is made of the same stuff His tears were said to cure ...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/articles/richard-gregson-interview/
The 2024 British Classic Week is relaunching this summer with a race around the Isle of Wight and a more relaxed approach, as well as an invitation to a select group of GRP classics. The regatta ...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/events/british-classic-weeks-2024-relaunch/
We are seeking nominations for our 2024 Classic Boat Awards shortlist The shortlist will be published in the February 2024 issue (with winners to be announced in the May issue). Anyone may nomina...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/editors-blog/steffan/nominate-for-our-2024-awards/
I’ve spent the past week at the start of the Panerai Transat Classique in Lanzarote. Race HQ is the three-year-old Marina Lanzarote in Arrecife, well protected from any ocean swell and overlook...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/spotlight/panerai-transat-classique-blog/
When the going gets tough… Nothing on earth is as cold as sailing can be. I say this as one brought up skiing and, far worse, whitewater kayaking, where repeated immersion into fast-moving, fre...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/editors-blog/frostbitten-on-the-broads/
As we were going to press the news broke that Panerai will be ending its long-running classic regatta sponsorship, an announcement that will hit regattas in the Mediterranean, the UK and the USA....
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/spotlight/end-of-the-panerai-party/
Steak and chips? Or pizza and steamed broccoli? Which would you crave after months at sea? It’s a throw-away question beloved by journalists, who ask it of people in hard places stuck with a mo...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/editors-blog/steak-and-chipas-or-steamed-broccoli/
A recent tour of boatbuilding on America’s East Coast was an eye-opener Being back in America was like a dream. The nation, her people and culture set the global tone for the entire 20th centur...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/editors-blog/built-in-the-usa/
Jonathan Gornall’s book How to Build a Boat is the best book about boats and the sea I’ve read in years There can hardly be a human endeavour (I shudder to call it a “sport”) that generat...
https://www.classicboat.co.uk/editors-blog/how-to-build-a-boat-a-must-read/