Classic Boat

Admire the world's most beautiful boats, brought to life through breath-taking photography. Classic Boat offers a unique blend of yacht reviews, seamanship and restoration features, history and design columns, practical advice and coverage of the leading international regattas and events. Whether your interest lies in working on restoration projects or sailing in classic regattas; whether you're a wooden boat owner or simply an admirer of traditional marine workmanship, Classic Boat will have something for you.

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HOMAGE IS DUE • Owner and boatbuilder Peter Gallant tackled the seven-year rebuild of the yacht that once belonged to Henry Nevins with the same spirit of inquisitive modernity that defined the great boatbuilder himself

Small, noble things

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THE GREATS • One of them is an icon of pre-war American boatbuilding, two of them are pivotal to yacht design in postwar Britain. What do they have in common? Only greatness

Saleroom

We lived on peanuts, not likes • The endless vapidity of the lifestyle bloggers on their white beaches“

THE WINNERS • Some of the closest voting on record, two new categories and a truly diverse fleet of winners, marked out a classic awards edition

BOAT BUILDING ACADEMY CLASS OF 2025 • The BBA is no stranger to hopeful, uplifting tales of youthful camaraderie and success, but something special happened in 2025. One group that year featured a near 50/50 split between women and men and many of those who graduated have gone on to find work in boatyards and across the traditional world. Featuring many of the names you voted for independently, we are thrilled to name the BBA Class of 2025 as our first Rising Stars.

ABBEY ‘BOAT BUILDER’ MOLYNEUX

MICHAEL DENNETT

ICE COLD IN TRIESTE • The Alan Buchanan-designed Crivizza is as narrow, fast and characterful as an RAF bomber, and she’s loved all along Italy’s coastline

CHANGE FOR GOOD • Robert Clark’s Caprice of Huon was one of the three yachts that won Australia her first Admiral’s Cup in 1967. These days, she races and cruises more than ever

SPRING LAUNCH CHECKLIST • As days lengthen and trees fill, it’s time for boats to do what boats are born to do: sail away. First, let’s get through the checklist

Running dark • Sailing without power, the Slocum way

MODERN CLASSICS • New Spirit of Tradition and traditional builds

Yard News

Another quarter century for a Herreshoff 12.5

Here be a Dragon

Three-masted schooner incoming

She’s out!

KEEPING IT ORIGINAL • The word ‘traditional’ on the sign outside Tim Gilmore’s yard is in inverted commas, but everything else here is as real as it gets

Boatbuilder’s Notes

Letters • LETTER OF THE MONTH SUPPORTED BY MYLNE YACHT DESIGN

Born under a Fife-less star • Dave Selby’s alternative awards seemed like a good idea, until we read it…

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