Steffan Meyric-Hughes

1 month ago | classicboat.co.uk | Steffan Meyric-Hughes

Yard News from the River OrwellIpswich-born George Garrard set up a boatyard in Pin Mill on the River Orwell in 1850, and soon became known for ‘foot boats’ – clinker dinghies of 12ft or so, predominantly used by Thames barges and fishing boats. They were also used in annual rowing competitions, with Garrard-built boats often winning. One local paper at the time described George Garrard’s yard as the best place to obtain a foot boat.

1 month ago | classicboat.co.uk | Steffan Meyric-Hughes

An engaging, humour-filled conversation… about yacht insurance! Steffan Meyric Hughes talks to Simon Hedley, head of commercial partnerships at Pantaenius UK. It’s hardly the first subject people want to talk about. Underwriters, brokers, risk, death, destruction, disputes and confusion might be the first things that spring to mind. The marine world seems to have a great humanising influence on all things though, and it seems that insurance – at least the way Pantaenius does it – is no exception.

1 month ago | classicboat.co.uk | Steffan Meyric-Hughes

RORC and the Fastnet Race turn 100 this year and, to celebrate, the classics are hitting the water in both Cowes Week this summer, and in the return of the Admiral’s Cup. Want to get involved in the RORC Centenarian events? The Royal Ocean Racing Club, known to all as RORC, celebrates its centenary this year and will be marking the event in a number of ways, not least by holding a classics day in Cowes, Isle of Wight, on 19 July.

2 months ago | classicboat.co.uk | Steffan Meyric-Hughes

Not only did the gloomy weather fail to spoil the celebratory atmosphere at the Boat Building Academy’s Launch Day in Lyme Regis in December, but a particularly well-timed respite from the almost continuous rain and strong winds of that week allowed the event to proceed as planned. The first boat to be launched was Jeremie Blanc’s Vivier-designed Youcou Lily.

2 months ago | classicboat.co.uk | Steffan Meyric-Hughes

Honoured by the Royal Society of Marine Artists, there is more to come from Peter Wood. There is nothing as beautiful as a sailing vessel in flight, but there is also a subtle beauty to be found in the shapes and colours of the places where these vessels take shape and in the different forms that come from half-built boats, or parts of them.