Dreamships #2
Charles E Nicholson cutter, Marigold, launched 1892, tests her new mainsail
Beautiful yachts
Nautical Book Reviews Pt1
First to come to hand is Francis B Cooke’s Cruising Hints. Published in June of 2011 by Lodestar Books in London, this is the 7th edition
Nautical Links for the Layman
Scouring websites full of maritime links is a bit like poking around in an encyclopedia – back in the days when encyclopedias were still published… They are endless sources of information and they are obsessively addictive.
Welcome to Sandeman’s Yachting Chronicles
A set of details, a description and some accompanying pictures may describe a yacht, her dimensions and her appearance, but somehow these always fail to capture the whole picture – the magic is missing.
Within this web log we would like to use a broader brush, in an attempt to create a more full picture of how these boats came to be and possibly to explain better why they now touch us in the way they do. We would like to cast a little more light on and around these boats, their histories, their designers, their owners, families and crews – indeed, to tell their whole stories. Thereby we hope to inform and inspire you.
Thank you for visiting and we hope you find our articles interesting and informative.
The Great Designers: Charles Sibbick (1849-1912)
When Charles Sibbick’s body was found at the mouth of the Medina River on the Isle of Wight in February of 1912, it marked the sad and mysterious end of possibly the most forward-thinking yacht designer of his time. But what is perhaps even more […]
