Usually, the family spends three or four weeks sailing every summer but lately the sailing interest among the kids has dwindled. However, as my 50th birthday was last year, for a birthday present the three children gave me a promise that they would all come on board for two weeks’ sailing.
Every now and again a restoration comes along that redefines what can be expected in terms of the resurrection of classic yachts. The relaunch of the Fife III, First Rule 8-Metre, Ierne, in 2008, went a long way towards establishing what levels of authenticity, purity and craftsmanship could be effected, and this was achieved far way from the big-name restoration yards.
Virtually every traditional and classic boat lover will have experienced sudden and sometimes irrational feelings of longing, envy, and lust, coupled with an overpowering urge to possess some boat or other. It is more than the desire to go fast or to set out to […]
For some years Americans waited in almost breathless anticipation for the definitive history to be written of the Sparkman and Stephens yawl Dorade. It is now available and I can confirm
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
