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 ...

It was a weekend of classic boats, sea shanties, racing and fancy dress at Falmouth Classics Regatta 2025. On 12th June, Falmouth Harbour welcomed 159 boats, the majority of which built before 1950, ...

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 hurricane of ‘38 wrecked 3,000 boats – but it also founded the legend of the Concordia yawls. In September 1938, New England was hit by a massive hurricane which killed nearly 700 people and ...

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 ...