Coffee Table Trophies – More Classic Sailing Books
Staying under cover inside with a warming drink and a good book or two and a comfortable chair next to a warm fire wasn’t an option, it was a necessity.
Great Designers
No Ordinary Being: Starling Burgess (1878 – 1947)
W Starling Burgess: No Ordinary Being (a reference to a quote by AJ Munnings of the Royal Academy in a letter to the Times of London about the designer of ENTERPRISE, ca 1930)
Rebuild of Fife schooner Elise begins on the Humber
After recently changing hands through brokers Sandeman Yacht Company, the big Fife III Schooner, ELISE, has commenced her rebuild at Joe Irving’s yard on the Humber.
The Schooner America – An Appreciation
The schooner yacht America of 1851 is arguably the most famous yacht in history…
Albert Strange with Stow & Son: Tally Ho
Betty, as she was named when launched, was built by the well-known and reputable yard of Stow & Sons at Shoreham to Lloyd’s highest class.
The Great Designers: Albert Strange (1855 to 1917)
Albert strange (1855 to 1917) was one of the foremost designers of small cruising yachts and his craft..
