Sadly the race around the Ile de Bréhat had to be abandoned when the wind died soon after the start, and the fleet was then ...

Here’s some photos from last year’s Eggemoggin Reach Race, and what we’ve got to look forward to. Eggemoggin Reach Race 2025.

Identifying boats by their sailing rig – the specific setup of their masts and sails – is one of the greatest joys of being near, or out on, the water. Across the classic yacht racing classes it’s ...

I’m standing on the deck of Irina VII on a damp February day in Sète, on the shores of the Mediterranean. The weather is grim and it feels more like Irina’s native Scotland that the South of France.

The 82-foot classic yacht Agneta, a historic 1950 Knud Reimers vessel, has been undergoing an extensive restoration by Stirling and Son, but that’s not all that’s going on in the Plymouth yard. In ...

His exploits are legendary. His fitness regime is tobacco, whisky and salt air. We catch up with national treasure Sir Robin Knox-Johnston following another, well-deserved, accolade. For a man who has ...

There were some historical wins at last summer’s Cannes Régates Royales, with some boats taking clean sweep victories, Nigel Sharp reports. At the end of September last summer the Régates Royales in ...

The clinker-built Stella boats have found the elixir of eternity: it’s a cocktail of glassfibre and epoxy, Nigel Sharp tells us. For every joyous and triumphant restoration featured in Classic Boat ...

Quisisana was a stock build from Thonycroft in 1927. Now, after a complete rebuild, she’s anything but stock – impressing the crowds at the Ramsgate anniversary crossing, Steffan Meyric Hughes tells ...

Owned and restored by naval architect Alessandro Vismara, this 1895 Camper & Nicholsons yacht has returned to the water after decades on land. In 19th-century Romantic literature, Undine is a ...

Designed by Daniel Bombigher. Built in 1993 by Metur Yachts, Bodrum-Turkey, in accordance with plans. 10,7 meters length, 3,6 meters beam, 1,3 meters draft. Third owner from new (since 2015). Marine ...