Classic Sailor is a new magazine about traditional and classic boats from ex-Classic Boat editor Dan Houston and Peter Willis that promises rather more coverage of the traditional craft around our coast than we’ve often seen in Classic Boat in recent years.
The second issue is said to be in the shops now, and includes:
- news and features including 16 pages of practical advice
- a visit to Maldon, home of traditional sailing on the East Coast, with the town regatta in full swing
- a 120-year-old workboat in Cornwall that is still being raced today
- a new Andrew Wolstenholme trailer sailer
correspondents reporting from Scotland and Galicia, and the new offshore rowing phenomenon gripping Essex and Suffolk - the Edwardian world of Albert Strange and his last cruise
- Tobias Smollett, who struggled with 18-century shipboard discipline, but became the undisputed father of the naval novel
- getting away from the dock under control, understanding variation and deviation on our compasses, and discuss the merits of the new wonder rope Dyneema
- association news this month including XODs, a 50th anniversary for Folkboats types, and a Finesse owners’ rally
I think we should wish them well (even if their successful could mean there’s no need for poor little Intheboatshed.net)… Find out more here.
I’ll stick by you Gav, I tend not to buy mags anymore preferring the digital versions ????
That’s very kind Paul!