Amokura: Oyster River and beyond
Oyster River, written by George Millar and published in 1963, tells the tale of a long summer the like of which most of us can only dream…
General Classic Sailing
Boatyard Dreams
Old boats may allow you to travel around the globe, but there’s nothing like an old boatyard to take you places that you’ve never been…
Working Class at the Conde de Barcelona
They say that the happiest days of boat ownership are the day you buy a boat, and the day you sell her. Thus far, I can only really vouch for the former. Ragnar is a 44ft gaff-rigged schooner, built in 2002 by a little-known…
Mental Health and the Art of Classic Boating
Through the work that I do as the skipper for the mental health charity Sea Sanctuary I have had the opportunity to sail with clients on a number of different classic wooden boats. I have seen first hand the positive effect…
An Eddystone Adventure
Sara and I were intending to be on standby for as long as it took from 5 March, though the weather window came much sooner than expected with potentially good conditions for Tuesday 6 March.
Treasures of the South Seas
“You have no pearls?” she said looking at Jeanette. We were in a small store in the Tuamotus and the Polynesian lady at the register had caught me staring at her beautiful necklace
