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For adventurous
cruising sailorsFor competitive
sailorsCONTENTS
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CLASSIC BOAT AUGUST 2016 3Few issues are so divisive in the classic world as modern sails on wooden rigs. On page 76 of this issue we have
David Murrin, Commodore of the British Classic Yacht Club, who relishes the performance enhancement he gets
by fi tting his 1955 Laurent Giles sloop Cetewayo with the very latest laminates. On page 44 we have Greg
Powlesland, who has gone to some lengths to fi t his 1920 Nicholson gaffer Patna out with cotton sails. (Interest-
ingly, Greg’s new cotton is said to be rot-resistant.) People get pretty worked up about what is classic and what
isn’t, but our Letter of the Month, on page 110, calls for a more inclusive attitude towards vintage yacht fi t-out.
David and Greg merely represent two ends of the same scene. The progressives and the purists will always have a
lively debate, but they both have a place, making the classic world more enduring and more interesting.ROB PEAKE, EDITOR
COTTON TO LAMINATES
REGULARS
14. TELL TALES
20. US NEWS
33. SALEROOM
34. OBJECTS OF DESIRE
37. ADRIAN MORGAN62. FROM THE ARCHIVES
91. CLASS NOTES
92. NEW CLASSICS
93. GETTING AFLOAT
110. LETTERS
114. STERNPOSTCRAFTSMANSHIP
99. YARD NEWS
104. YARD VISIT
108. BOATBUILDER’S NOTES
109. TRADITIONAL TOOL
COVER BY: EMILY HARRISCOVER STORY
4. OLIN’S FINEST
Restored and speedy S&S sloop Blitzen12. LES VOILES D’ANTIBES
Great shots from the Med regatta22. HATHOR
Broads wherry with an Egyptian storyCOVER STORY
38. 1930 THAMES CLASSIC
Chris Craft family cruiser, now electricCOVER STORY
44. ROT-RESISTANT COTTON
Breakthrough sails for 1920 NicholsonCOVER STORY
50. FAIRLE RETROSPECTIVE
Hamble yard that changed sailingCOVER STORY
56. COMPETITION!
Win a trip on the mighty BarnabasCOVER STORY
62. GIPSY MOTH ANALYSIS
Th eo Rye on Chichester’s world-girdler64. TOM CUNLIFFE
Beware the men with clipboards66. ONE TON REVIVAL CUP
Rainbow II and the One-Ton revivalCOVER STORY
69. PANERAI BRITISH CLASSIC
WEEK Full preview of the 2016 event104. ROBBE & BERKING
We visit the infl uential German yard
TOM
CUNLIFFE
FIGHT THE
PLANNER!
p 64FULL
PREVIEW
Panerai BritishClassic Week
p 69