Cynara is a 96ft (29m) gaff-rigged ketch, designed by Charles E Nicholson and built by Camper & Nicholsons in 1927 – the same yard and year as the famous three-masted…
Restoration
Flyer: The inside story of this Whitbread winner’s amazing restoration
Flyer is one of those yachts that needs little introduction. Designed for the 1977 Whitbread Race by Sparkman & Stephens for Dutch skipper Conny Van Rietschoten, the 68ft aluminium ketch…
Enterprise: Is this restored 12 Metre the best yacht to never contest the America’s Cup?
Among the 21 elegant Twelves lining the docks at Rhode Island’s Fort Adams for this summer’s 12 Metre World Championship, sat a yacht that for many was a huge disappointment.…
Marilee: The inside story of the 1926 Herreshoff NY40’s remarkable restoration
When the New York Yacht Club commissioned the new NY40 one-design class in 1916 Nathanael Herreshoff’s objective was to design a competitive racer that was seaworthy enough for ocean racing,…
Video tour of Adventuress, the glorious 83ft Fife-designed 1924 schooner
Take a walk through the stunning interior of newly restored 83ft Fife schooner Adventuress
Swan 43: the restoration of 50-year-old Sparkman & Stephens yacht Runn
When a Contessa 32 became a little bit too snug for a holiday with his wife and four children, Charles Hill went in search of a bigger boat for adventurous…
Huff of Arklow sails again after a remarkable restoration
After a long refit, the legendary and once groundbreaking Uffa Fox-designed ocean racer Huff of Arklow has returned to the water. Elaine Bunting reports
132 Tonnes of Yachting History lifted into place at Cowes
K1 Britannia begins extensive restoration programme
Fife beauty restored
I took some up close photos as the 72ft Fife ketch Eilean finally gets under sail after a painstaking restoration
Lulworth races again
After a remarkable restoration the great 1920s gaff cutter Lulworth is back on the race course. David Glenn joins her for Argentario Sailing Week...
Lulworth races again
After a remarkable restoration, which brought her back to near-original, the great gaff cutter Lulworth
Lulworth back after 70 years
Successful completion of the most authentic restoration ever 9/5/06
Gipsy Moth launched to new life
The marooned museum piece has been beautifully restored and is back in the water
Bilou’s back
With the start of the EDS Atlantic Challenge fifth leg less than 24 hours away, skipper Roland ‘Bilou’ Jourdain brings a hastily restored Sill into Boston