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The audience at the Classic Boat Awards was as diverse as the boats, which ranged from a 16ft sprit-rigged
dinghy to a 127ft superyacht. It was a mix of characters and craft that showed the breadth of the classic world.
Our guest speaker Tom Cunliffe spoke of the importance of all involved: “With no shipwright, the scarphs won’t
fi t. With no caulker, she’ll leak. With no spar maker, she’ll go nowhere. No naval architect? There’s going to be a
lot of guesswork.” Whatever your position, in the boatyard or out of it, a boat restoration is something that
becomes very personal. To live and breathe a boat for so long, to memorise her lines, discover her history, fi nd
her design quirks and work around them, to bring her back from abandonment to sailing – it’s no wonder some
awards winners had tears in their eyes. Do you know a boat that should win next year? Please let us know!ROB PEAKE, EDITORALL FOR ONE...
REGULARS
16. TELL TALES
24. US NEWS
35. SALEROOM
36. OBJECTS OF DESIRE
39. ADRIAN MORGAN66. FROM THE ARCHIVES
71. NORFOLK WHERRY
73. NEW CLASSICS
75. GETTING AFLOAT
94. LETTERS
98. STERNPOSTCRAFTSMANSHIP
82. YARD NEWS
84. CASSIOPEIA REFIT
86. YARD VISIT
93. BOATBUILDER’S NOTES
COVER BY: EMILY HARRISCOVER STORY
4. SERENADE
Double-ender by Nick Potter, built for
the most famous violinist of the time
COVER STORY
12. ANTIGUA CLASSICS
Stunning shots of this year’s regatta
COVER STORY
14. CLASSIC BOAT AWARDS
Images from our Awards ceremony
COVER STORY
26. DAWN
GU Laws canoe yawl fully restored
COVER STORY
40. ROUND THE ISLAND RACE
Barry Pickthall dreamed of sailing his
Rhodes 6-tonner in ‘the cruisers’ race’COVER STORY
46. THE PACIFIC BY TALL SHIP
On board the clipper Stad Amsterdam54. SPETSES CLASSIC REGATTA
We meet the environmentalist driving
this growing classic event
COVER STORY
58. THE RIDDLE REVISITED
Could Erskine Childers have prevented
the Battle of the Somme?COVER STORY
66. THE STELLA
Better than the Folkboat?68. TOM CUNLIFFE
Th e best two days of boat ownership... TOM
CUNLIFFE
DISMASTED
MID-RIVER
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