Author: Gavin Atkin

Maritime Prints

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I’ve been looking at sites offering marine prints for ages, but this is one that I’ve only just found.

Most sites selling marine art focus on contemporary artists, but the Maritime Prints approach is interestingly different: its emphasis is on prints made from paintings held in private collections, and which members of the general public are unlikely to see any other way.

Mainly the prints are naval, but as you will see from the thumbnails above, they also include yacht racing scenes, famous liners coming into port and so on. Well worth a look, I’d say.

http://www.maritimeprints.com

The Classic Channel Regatta 2007

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The second Classic Channel Regatta takes place during the first week of July this year.

It starts with racing at Dartmouth, followed by sailing to St Malo where there will be inshore racing followed by a passage race to St Peter Port, all topped off with further inshore races off Jersey.

For more on the event follow the link below to the CCR website:
http://www.crab.org.uk

One page of particular interest lists boats that have pre-registered to date, including some fabulous photos – it’s a real must-see for anyone who’s just a little crazy about old yachts:
http://www.crab.org.uk/Tems/picslaunch2007.htm

The new Buchanan Owner’s Association is planning to join the CCR, but while rest of the fleet are looking forward to a few days racing, the BOA has an ulterior motive – to meet their yacht designer hero Alan Buchanan, who still lives on Jersey:
http://www.buchananownersassociation.org/

The Classic Sailing Club

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The Classic Sailing Club preserves a collection of fabulous classic wooden sailing yachts that represents the work of the best designers of the last century. It raises the revenue required to maintain the boats by recruiting members who pay a reasonable subscription in return for sailing the yachts. Members enjoy sailing the boats, but without the responsibilities and risks, and it’s more flexible than conventional boat hire, not least because the boats are of various kinds and sizes, and are based at a variety of locations both in the UK, for example at Pin Mill and on the Solent, and in Greece.

Basic membership costs £50, but thereafter members buy blocks of points, starting from £500, which they exchange throughout the year for days aboard any of the club’s fleet of yachts.

For more information: http://www.classicsailingclub.com