In her previous guest post for Sandeman’s Yachting Chronicles, owner of the Henk Tingen 46ft yawl ENDEAVOR, Candy Masters, took us to Norway via Cape Horn. This time we’re closer to home, but on a no less exciting adventure, sailing through the Big Apple, seeing […]
A lot of good correspondence often comes with an interesting listing, and in working with the well-proven and incredibly well-travelled Henk Tingen 46ft yawl ENDEAVOR’s owner, Candy Masters, it became clear early on that she has a way with words – and was a […]
Have you ever watched Anthony Minghella’s sumptuously filmed treatment of Patricia Highsmith’s psychological thriller The Talented Mr Ripley and asked yourself: what’s that beautiful yacht? My take on this story is different from most, because I knew the gorgeous Philip Rhodes-designed 42ft (13m) sloop SANTANDER […]
The magnificent John G Alden schooner DIRIGO II has been no stranger to major voyages over the years. The most recent epic began in March 2019 in the San Juans, Washington State, and continues now in the land of her birth, Maine, having transited Panama […]
In the mid 60s, pre-war ocean racers and fast cruisers still more than held their own in the classic long distance races. This is the Spanjer brothers’ John G Alden-designed 61ft yawl ESBRO VI, slogging it out to her heart’s content during the 1965 Chicago-Mackinac Race: […]
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 […]
