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Looking ahead

NEXT MONTH

Things to do in the next few weeks

IN THE LATEST ISSUE

z 30th ARC: three decades

of the transat rally

z X-Yachts Xc42 and the

Viko 30 on test

z Julian Mustoe on losing

two boats

IN THE LATEST ISSUE

z Ainslie’s new ride: T2

uncovered

z Nav tips: anticipate

patterns and get ahead

z Giles Scott with fellow Brits

on the road to Rio

Other sailing magazines from the publishers of Classic Boat

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MARGA

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The Rebel OD, a Broadland

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PLUS...

Regatta and event guide 2016,

Maine lobster boats, and more...

ON BOARD ROMILLY

Nic Compton goes sailing with

his boat’s designer Nigel Irens

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Friday 4 March, 2016

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NIGEL SHARP

4 MARCH

CYNZ Classic Yacht Regatta

Auckland, New Zealand, classicyacht.org.nz

Famous celebration of NZ’s classic yachts

10 FEBRUARY

Dunkirk Little Ships and

Sailing Through the War

Gerrards Cross Sailing

Association, Buckinghamshire

Tel: +44 (0)1753 883 759,

gxsa.org.uk

Regular CB contributor,

ex-boatbuilder and maritime

historian Nigel Sharp will talk

about Operation Dynamo and

yachting in WW2 Britain.

16 FEBRUARY

Around London

in a Dinghy

Papercourt SC, Surrey,

guildfordsailing.org

8.30-10pm

Talk by CB’s Steff an Meyric

Hughes on sailing and rowing

a dinghy around the capital

and the book that recounts

the adventure – Circle Line.

9 MARCH

Traditional Boatbuilding

Around the World

Gerrards Cross Sailing

Association, Buckinghamshire

Tel: +44 (0)1753 883 759,

gxsa.org.uk

Colin Palmer, author of Boats

of South East Asia, on the

evolution of diff erent

boatbuilding methods

throughout the world.

12-14 MARCH

Geelong Wooden

Boat Festival

woodenboatfestival.

yachting.org.au,

stuart.dickson47@

gmail.com.au

This growing biennial

regatta is expecting

no fewer than 150

entries this year,

including the Couta

boats, for round-the

cans racing, passage

racing, a concours

d’elegance, grand

parade, and more

including children’s

activities shoreside

and lessons in

boatbuilding.

JAMES ROBINSON TAYLOR

NIC COMPTON

RICHARD JOHNSTONE_BRYDEN

Sailing

New Zealand celebrates heritage

Talks