How Important is Mousing: Tom Cunliffe’s Top Safety Tips
To mouse or not to mouse, that is the question. When it comes to mousing, general consensus is mixed - Tom Cunliffe tells us...
European Boatyards Guide: Top Restorations, Refits & New-Builds
Our look at yards around the world continues, this time Nigel Sharp takes in a few of the European boatyards fighting the good fight.
Absolute,...
How to Race a Three-Masted Schooner: Sailing Atlantic Replica
The opportunity to sail on the mighty three-masted schooner Atlantic was almost too good to be true; and to do so on a glorious...
Dave Selby’s Problem with Water: Drinking Alcohol at Sea
You may think water's a solution, but it's the leading cause of sinking. And look what hard water did to washing machines - and...
Gonzague Olivier’s Ski Boats: Porsche Racer Turned Boatbuilder
A Porsche racing car champion in the 1950s, Gonzague Olivier set up a boatyard in Cannes out of a passion for waterskiing. Today, only...
Martyn Mackrill Saves Fife-Built Cutter: OM Watts Design Restored
Her new nesting ground in Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, is the ideal base for this 39ft Fife-built cutter to begin the new...
Yard Visit: Stones Boatyard, Salcombe
The Stone family's entrepreneurial business pathway has led to a successful, vibrant Salcombe based boat yard, Nigel Sharp went to visit.
It is now 20...
J-Class World Championships 2024: America’s Cup Then and Now
Svea, Rainbow, and Velsheda took the water this October to compete in the J-Class World Championships, with the 37th America's Cup in full swing...
How to Face Bad Weather at Sea: Adrian Morgan’s Stormy tales
Adrien Morgan's monthly column muses on how to face bad weather at sea, and in the kitchen...
Have you tackled bad weather at sea?
When will...
Finding a Low Maintenance Classic Boat: Phil Cotton’s Cal 40
In his endeavours to track down a glass fibre Cal 40, Phil Cotton has ended up with a relatively low-maintenance classic, Nigel Sharp reports.
Phil...
