Melita, an L-Class mullet boat built in 1935 and skippered by Nick Atkinson won the Ponsonby Cruising Club race to Taikata on corrected time. Nine 22′ L-class centre-boarders raced around Auckland harbour before gybing up the tidal Te Atatu River finishing within seven minutes of each other after a two hour charge. Tight racing is […]
Cape Cod Catboats
This guide offers an in-depth exploration and development of America’s most unique and enduring sailboat, the Cape Cod catboat, and explains why the type has enjoyed such a strong resurgence in popularity. It offers new insights into the myths and realities regarding the catboat’s origins in New York and on Cape Cod and explores the […]
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 […]
The Folkboat Story
This modern classic of small boat literature details the history of the Nordic Folkboat–a class that enjoys remarkable popularity in some of the world’s most beautiful and challenging sailing waters. A clinker design that sails equally fast and well whether it is made from wood or fiberglass, the Nordic Folkboat has been around for 60 […]
Enterprise to Endeavour – The J-Class Yachts
Ten magnificent J-Class yachts were built and subsequently raced for the America’s Cup and other trophies in British and American waters between 1930 and 1937. There have been other yachts that are larger or faster, but none have captured the imagination of the public as much as the Js did. They were unique for […]
