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2018
CLASSIC BOAT JANUARY 2018 97
Looking ahead
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IN THE LATEST ISSUE
z Going green special issue,
focusing on eco-power
z Seeing double with the
Dufour 412 and 460 on test
z We get a Brexit update
from those in the know
IN THE LATEST ISSUE
z Giles Scott: the British
Olympic gold medallist on
life after the America’s Cup
z Nominees for the 2018 Y&Y
Awards announced
z Dinghy season review
Other sailing magazines from the
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Round BritainHOME WATERS
The highs and lows of an epic passage
Adapting a racing technique for cruisingLEE-BOWINGThe joy of fiout ahead of timePAU L H E I N E Y tting A novel way to retrieve a man overboardTOM CUNLIFFE
WIN Tickets to London & Paris Boat Shows
412 & 460 go Double head to head Dufour
BOAT TEST
Find the right eco-power for your boat and budgetWIND GENNIES
GO GREEN Is electric propulsion the way forward?The W1DA: the fi rst zero emissions yacht?
ECO ISSUE
VENICE MARINA Haven at the heart of an iconic port city
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Polonium, Putin and the North East Passage
FlanaganAdrian INTERVIEW
Croatia's best kept secret
Idyllic IstriaOVERSEAS
Race on!
Windward boat
Volvo Ocean Race Lessons from Leg 1
VOTE NOW! FROM FINNS TO THE FAST40+GILES SCOTTEXCLUSIVE Y&Y AWARDS NOMINEES REVEALED How to attack and defend
What to wear this winter - all the latest technical clothingKEELBOAT KIT
ANALYSIS
What do racing sailors stand to gain from taking the test? YACHTMASTERS The Caribbean regattas set to go - despite the hurricane SHOW GOES ONDINGHY WINNERSOur pick of this year’s most outstanding nationals wins
DINGHY FULL REPORT
SEASONREVIEW
Navigating life after the Cup
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CLASSIC BOAT AWARDS
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voting opens for the annual
Classic Boat Awards
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A beloved 7-Metre that one family
thought had disappeared, until a
tip-off sent them to a disused shed...
BUDGET CLASSICS
A new monthly series, looking at
aff ordable classic boats, talking to
owners and listing boats for sale
PLUS...
How William Paton lost his life on
Oona in 1886; a 1921 gaff er returned
to her place of launch; the Tall Ship
Rendezvous and how to get
involved this year, and much more...
FEB 2018 ON SALE
Friday 5 Jan, 2018
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Things to do in the next few weeks
WINTER TALKS AT THE
CRUISING ASSOCIATION
See more at theca.org.uk
14 DECEMBER
HM Coastguard
and Yacht
Safety: Jeremy
Littlewood
Dog and Bear Hotel,
Lenham, Kent, supper at 7pm
(optional), talk at 8pm
Hear Coastguard man Jeremy on
the work of HM Coastguard and the
safety gear available to those who
sail on yachts
20 JANUARY
Two’s Company:
Elizabeth and Martin Bevan
Royal Harwich YC, Woolverstone,
Suff olk, 6pm. £14 inc supper
Elizabeth and Martin on their
seven-year, 50,000-mile
circumnavigation
23 JANUARY
Croatia: Probably the Best
Cruising Ground in the World
Andrew Osmond
Upper Thames SC, Bucks, 8pm, £5
(supper arrangement nearby
beforehand). Andrew Osmond on
the joys and practicalities of
cruising the Split archipelago
25 JANUARY
The Antarctic – Pioneers of
Sailing the Southern Ocean
Paul Roundhouse
Royal Harwich YC, Woolverstone,
Suff olk, 11am (talk), 1pm (lunch),
£9.50/£5. Biological oceanographer
Paul on the early days of adventure
cruising in the Southern Ocean,
from the mid-1960s onwards
EMILY HARRIS
26-29 JANUARY
Mahurangi Weekend
Auckland and around,
New Zealand. See classicyacht.org.nz
A big event in the strong Kiwi classics calendar that
starts on 26 January with an Auckland to Mahurangi
night race. The Mahurangi Regatta is on 27 January,
followed by a race back to Auckland on 28 January,
for the big event the day after: the Anniversary Day
Regatta, where classic yachts, workboats and even
vintage tug racing takes place on the waters of this
great sailing harbour.
3-4 February, 2018
Parade of classic & wooden boats
The annual fl otilla – waitangi weekend
A parade of classic and wooden boats on Lake
Rotoiti. Entry to this parade is limited to classic or
wooden boats only.