From J Class' to One Designs, here's a guide to all the different classic racing classes and how boats are rated.

The broker's view on health of the market, the patterns, prices and challenges they are seeing, and what advice they would ...

The owner of Lockheed, Michael O’Brien, tells us about her restoration work and new electric propulsion – “a full wooden boat restoration with a very modern heart”. Like many would-be buyers, Michael ...

She caused a stir in Ramsgate in May 2025, freshly restored and part of the fleet gathered for the five-yearly crossing to Dunkirk. You really ought to go and have a look at Quisisana, they said.

What you need to know about Operation Dynamo, and the so called 'Dunkirk Little Ships' and their crews, who made the 'Dunkirk ...

Nigel Sharp and Chris Savage take us on board Shamrock V following her triumphant three-year restoration. She carries this title not just for her beauty and pedigree but because of something utterly ...

Members of the Albert Strange Association are looking forward to their AGM weekend in Scarborough on 1st March, the town where Strange lived and did much of his design work, while running the School ...

Loch Lomond is an extraordinary one-off built by an ocean-racing legend, and these days acts as a regatta spectator launch. She’s what all motorboats want to be when they grow up… a sailor’s yacht.

Tom Cunliffe tells us of stepping a mast in Southampton Water in 1969, when crews were rough, spars were made of trees, cranes were driven by steam… and winter meant snow. “The past is a foreign ...

Tom Cunliffe tells us of the west Coast of Ireland’s history and being guided to safety by a man in a curragh… Being guided into a remote island anchorage in half a gale on the west coast of Ireland ...

A Christmas tale might involve sacrifice, survival and the odd miracle, but rarely all three. Dick Durham tells us the story of Lady Daphne in the stormy Christmas of 1927. Full details of the ...

Boatbuilder Abbey Molyneux, featured not so long ago on these pages for staging a symposium of boatbuilders at her yard, has been busy creating a fascinating microcosm of vintage hydroplane racing, ...