We're excited to announce the nominees and two new categories for the 2026 Classic Boat Awards - It's time to cast your vote!

Albert Strange Association ready for AGM weekend in Scarborough, 1st March - where Strange lived designing, while running ...

Will Stirling’s global adventure continues - Wildly challenging Alaskan plan to sail and climb lived up to expectations...

Loch Lomond is an extraordinary one-off built by an ocean-racing legend, and these days acts as a regatta spectator launch.

Tom tells us of some unsung heroes and old friends in the sailing world. Last night I cranked up Youtube and spent an inspiring hour watching the National Historic Ships awards, presented from Bristol ...

Tom Cunliffe tells us of stepping a mast in Southampton Water in 1969, when crews were rough, spars were made of trees, cranes were driven by steam… and winter meant snow. “The past is a foreign ...

A newcomer to the Mediterranean classics circuit in 2025 was the Wally Nano 37 Pareltje. The owner is Pieter Taselaar, a well-known sailor in modern racing, who won a world title in the Melges 32 ...

Tom Cunliffe tells us of the west Coast of Ireland’s history and being guided to safety by a man in a curragh… Being guided into a remote island anchorage in half a gale on the west coast of Ireland ...

A Christmas tale might involve sacrifice, survival and the odd miracle, but rarely all three. Dick Durham tells us the story of Lady Daphne in the stormy Christmas of 1927. Full details of the ...

Leo Goolden’s seven-year restoration of Albert Strange’s Tally Ho is the most talked-about in history. Now she’s working her way back to Britain for a date with destiny. As the bosun on a large ...

In early September the Old Gaffers Association gathered for the Norfolk Rally, a long weekend of ‘small boat’ racing. Charlie Alcock, Dave Rayfield & Sarah Lightfoot gave us a report… The first ...

At 65 years old, Brooklin Boatyard can celebrate its planked past while getting on with the future of wooden construction. Established in 1960, but with nautical routes that date back further, ...