We took a look around the newly launched Spirit P50 Sport - here's everything you need to know about this 'progressive' ...

211ft three-masted schooner will traverse the globe offering bespoke private charters, bluewater transatlantic crossings, and ...

In 1997, Canadian architect Tad Roberts created the Yellow Cedar design, a classic coastal cruiser concept. In 2010-11, ...

If you are new to sailing, or can cast your mind back to your early boating days, you’ll know the difficulty of getting to grips with niche nautical terms and, quite literally, learning the ropes.

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 ...

William Fife III, GL Watson, Alfred Mylne can all be linked to Irina VII, and she is in the market for a new owner Irina ...

Since the earliest lifeboats in the late 1700s, up until the 1920s, most ‘service boats’ of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution were sail-and-oar designs. The use of sails extended the range of a ...

The Classic Yacht Symposium 2026 gathered in Helsinki, Finland, this spring for the 13th edition of this premier international event. Continuing it’s mission is to celebrate the history, design, and ...

150 years ago, John ‘Rob Roy’ MacGregor started the sports of canoeing and kayaking, and had a big influence on the small cruising yachts that would follow Happy birthday the sport of kayaking. You ...

Standing on the dock in HMS Hornet, Portsmouth (now the Gunwharf Quay shopping centre) on Saturday September 8, 1973, to count the 18-strong Whitbread fleet out, no one fully appreciated – least of ...

Credit: Nigel Sharp and Jeremy Rogers Co. Nigel Sharp on the history and future of Jeremy Rogers’ Contessa 32. He writes: “the opportunity to sail on and write about a brand new Contessa 32 was too ...

A tour of wooden boatbuilding in Norway, meeting the old hands and next generation keeping centuries old skills alive. “Above all, it’s about preserving the intangible cultural heritage,” Tore ...