It’s always fun to turn tables on a pro photographer. Through 2004 and 2005, marine photographer Nigel Pert regularly followed the authentic rebuild of Hal Sisk’s 1894 GL Watson-designed gaff cutter PEGGY BAWN at shipwright Michael Kennedy’s Dunmore East yard on Ireland’s south-east coast. PEGGY’s […]
There’s no doubt that today’s world of classic boating can be divided into at least two sections – arguably a lot more than two – but surely no-one can deny there is everything else and then there are the working boats. For some, only the […]
I repeat here that I am confident I could, on my own, sail the 1,200 miles from Australia to New Zealand. That said, the Nicholson 60 HURRICA V…
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.
There have been some great maritime books published in 2014 and more are in the works for the new year. Reviewing the current crop is always fun…
