Classic Boat — January 2018

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Looking ahead

NEXT MONTH

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

publishers of Classic Boat

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

JANUARY 2018sailingtoday.co.uk£4.50

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

We list your nominations and

voting opens for the annual

Classic Boat Awards

VICTORIA

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.