No messing around with this 30 metre wooden lathe. WoodSpars Yachting have recently built a 19 metre spar for the Cornu ketch Korig. Saves a little long boarding! More information at the WoodSpars website.
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Hannibal Classics, Adriatic Sea
Monfalcone (Italy), September 13, 2022. Double victory in the Adriatic for the 15-Metre Mariska of 1908, who in Monfalcone won the International … [Continue reading...]
Winners & photos from the 1st regatta on the Italian circuit, 2022
Margaret, Ojalà II and Grifone win the first regatta of the Italian classic regatta circuit, 2022 at the Settimana Velica Internazionale … [Continue reading...]
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TALLY HO – Transporting a Wooden Boat (EP102)
Leo Sampson takes a giant leap and moves Tally Ho to Port Townsend after 4 years of rebuilding the yacht inland. Still plenty to do but a massive step in the right direction. Hats off to Leo and team!
Tally Ho – Ep. 82 – Fitting/Polishing Bronze knees
Leo Sampson is back with Episode 82. A man on a mission to rebuild a 110-year old English sailing yacht called Tally Ho. Designed by Albert Strange in 1909 (and launched in 1910), she is a well-known and important historic vessel – but after many adventures she was left in a remote port in Oregon to […]
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The Six Metre – 100 years of racing
The Six Metre 100 years of racing has been prepared by Pekka Barck and Tim Street and supported by many yachting ‘celebrities’, including the late Olin Stephens. The rule and development of the class, all major trophies and races, country specific stories, designers, statistics, tables and some yachts are presented in the 304-page, 4 pound […]
The Fortune of War
Captain Jack Aubrey, R. N., arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a dispatch vessel. But the War of 1812 breaks out while they are en route. Bloody actions […]
The Ionian Mission
Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, veterans of many battles, return in this novel to the seas where they first sailed as shipmates. But Jack is now a senior Captain commanding a line-of-battle ship sent out to reinforce the squadron blockading Toulon, and this is a longer, harder, colder war than the dashing frigate action of […]
Mauritius Command
Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half-pay without a command — until his friend, and occasional intelligence agent, Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope, under a Commodore’s pennant. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own […]
A Full Cup – Sir Thomas Lipton’s Extraordinary Life and his Quest for the America’s Cup
“A Full Cup” is a delightful biography of Sir Thomas Lipton, businessman, sportsman and character. Born in Scotland of Irish parents, Lipton spent much of his life crossing between Britain and America where, with his bow tie and yachting cap, he became as much of a fixture as he did at home. Known as the […]
Treason’s Harbour
The Jack Aubrey of Treason’s Harbour has a record of successes equal to that of the most brilliant of Nelson’s band of brothers, and he is no less formidable or decisive in action or strategy. But he is wiser, kinder, gentler too. Much of the plot of Treason’s Harbour depends on intelligence and counter-intelligence, a […]
The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers
This long-awaited volume is a majestic guide and a tribute to the world’s great yacht designers. Ten years in preparation, and with an expert editorial board giving it direction, The Encyclopedia of Yacht Designers defines the field with fascinating entries by eighty experts and over 800 photographs and drawings. In these pages such legendary figures […]
The Far Side of the World
It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O’Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever written. They set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. […]
The History of the Falmouth Working Boats
In the far south west corner of England, on the River Fal in Cornwall, can be seen the world’s last fleet of oyster dredgers still working under sail alone. This is not a tourist attraction, but a viable commercial enterprise. During the winter months after the sleek yachts have been laid up, these sturdy vessels […]
Longitude
The dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude and the unlikely triumph of an English genius. Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that ‘the longitude problem’ was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day – and had been for centuries. Lacking […]
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CYI contributed to the Superyacht Top 40 Classic Yachts with praise for the Fife 23-Metre Cambria, No. 8.
In April, 2017 CYI wrote a piece on the New Ibiza Classic Regatta for The Islander magazine. You can read the article here, or go to issuu.com to read it on their site:
