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WEBAbout Us. Classic Boat is the magazine for the world’s most beautiful boats. Packed with stunning images, we have the inside stories of the great classic yachts and motorboats afloat today, as well as fascinating tales from yesteryear and the latest from the wooden boat building scene around the world.
Classic Boats for Sale: Yachts & Motorboats on the Market
WEBAug 19, 2024 · The 16ft (4.9m) Healey 55, announced at the 1956 London Boat Show, was built of marine ply with mahogany frames and keel and classy planked decks. Motive power, as you’d expect, was car-derived, with a centre-mounted BMC 1,489cc in-line four, as fitted to the MGA sportscar. And ads for the Healey 55 proclaimed: “As thrilling on the water as ...
Yacht Replica that Inspired Spirit of Tradition: Adela’s Steel Rebuild
WEB22 hours ago · The first of the big yacht replicas. In April 1903, two almost identical new yachts were launched on consecutive days: Evelyn having been built by Ramage & Ferguson in Leith, and Adela by Fay & Co in Southampton. They had been designed by WC Storey; both were of composite construction with English elm keels, 3½in (89mm)- …
6 of the best classic yachts for sale - Classic Boat Magazine
WEBJun 19, 2024 · The McGruer-built yachts, like the 8-M cruiser-racers, are well known for their quality of build and versatility. This one is a bermudan yawl, built in 1959 (by McGruer of course, to a design by his own hand), and measures 43ft 4in (13.2m), which is enough to cruise with up to six berths. The build is in mahogany and teak, and the commissioning ...
Advantages of Owning Smaller Yachts: Adrian Morgan's Boat Scale
WEB6 hours ago · That’s like grooming an elephant, when all you really have the energy for is to stroke a kitten. One is exhausting, the other is relaxing. Up to a point. I reckon 25ft is about as much as one person can maintain, allowing a day for each of the annual chores. A day to sand the topsides, another to strip the varnish, one to antifoul, and so on.
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WEBFor over 25 years Classic Boat has celebrated the world’s most beautiful boats. Each issue showcases the best-designed traditional boats afloat, examining their design, provenance and heritage and championing their classic good looks and craftsmanship. Subscribe to the print edition. Subscribe to the digital edition. Buy the latest issue.
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WEBAndroid users – for the best viewing experience, we recommend you open the PDF in the iReader app. Classic Boat is the magazine for the world’s most beautiful boats. Packed with stunning images, we have the inside stories of the great classic yachts and motorboats afloat today, as well as fascinating tales from yesteryear and the latest ...
Classic Boats For Sale: Our Editor’s two top picks from the market
WEBFeb 29, 2024 · Two top classic boats for sale – our Editor’s picks. Its spring, if not now, when? CERES: Beautifully restored to sail away Ceres is one of those cases of a yacht recently restored at great effort, that now needs a new owner, because the restoring owner is suffering a period of ill health. In fact, the restoring owner is none other than eye surgeon of Moorfields in London, Rhodri Daniel.
New issue of Classic Boat out now
WEBSep 9, 2023 · The October issue of Classic Boat is out now and do you like the magnificent 12-Metre on our cover? Captured against the unmistakeable background of Venice, very fitting for a yacht of such distinction! She’s one of the most important – and stunning – 12s ever to come out of Sweden and has been restored to the very highest quality.
Boat Design & No Need for Ugly Boats: Tom Cunliffe’s Column
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Their creators at least have the excuse that such things come well down their list of priorities, with speed and rule-cheating at the top. Designers and builders of ugly cruising boats, on the other hand, cannot hide behind the rationalisation that their boat does the job better than a lovely one. Back in the 1930s, Uffa Fox observed that the ...