Classic Boat

Classic Boat is a traditional boating magazine from the UK that is published by The Chelsea Magazine Company. Launched in 1987, it focuses on what it calls "boats which endure," celebrating the beauty and craftsmanship of classic vessels. This magazine was the pioneer in the UK for covering traditional boats and the boating lifestyle.

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Woodbridge Boatyard Visit: Classic Projects Underway in Suffolk

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

A visit to the River Deben and Woodbridge Boatyard reveals some exciting treasures, Steffan Meyric Hughes discovers. Things can move pretty slowly on the banks of the River Deben. As we visited Woodbridge Boatyard (formerly Eversons) in the late afternoon light of yet another perfect spring day, yard manager Matt Lis was on hand for a tour of the yard.
What are Homeward Bounders?

1 week ago | classicboat.co.uk | Tom Cunliffe

Tom Cunliffe explains an Atlantic sail & trouser crisis…There’s no calling like the sailor’s for rich vocabulary. So many of our day-to-day phrases have passed into the universal vernacular that we’ve lost count. ‘Three sheets to the wind’, ‘taken aback’, ‘between wind and water’ the list goes on. Some phrases are more specific. At a hustings in our town recently the main protagonist was ‘brought up all standing’ by a shrewd heckler.
Can a Chart be Trusted? Tom Cunliffe's Battle with Wind & Tide

2 months ago | classicboat.co.uk | Tom Cunliffe

On my way for a lunchtime pint in the Jolly Sailor I paddled up to the doorstep of the waterfront house of an old friend between the boatyard and the pub. He invited me in for a coffee, remarking that despite all he’d read in the papers and the southwesterly that had been blowing up the Solent all week, today’s spring tide wasn’t going to be any higher than the other big ones he’d seen since the 1950s.
Tom Cunliffe's Praise of the Honest Boatbuilder

2 months ago | classicboat.co.uk | Tom Cunliffe

One of the surprising things about traditional boat building is the variation in levels of sophistication. I have deep admiration for those who create a curved deck beam out of a single piece of oak, cut dovetails into the ends, then lower it into the cutouts in the beam shelf. It fits to the millimetre first time. How do they do that? And what about shaping the close-seamed planks for a Tumlare yacht or a Mevagissey Tosher?
Suffolk Yard News: Harry King and Sons Turns 175

2 months 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.
How Yacht Insurance Works: Simon Hedley and Pantaenius

2 months 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.
RORC Centenarian: Admiral's Cup Returns & Cowes Classics Day

Mar 4, 2025 | 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.
Why Isn't Everyone Using Swifter Shrouds?

Feb 20, 2025 | classicboat.co.uk | Tom Cunliffe

Tom Cunliffe questions why swifter shrouds aren’t more popular…As I rowed out to the 35-ton pilot cutter I had just paid for, things were looking up. On my previous visit I had fallen into colourful company and been thrown out of the local pub in a snowstorm. My B&B man must also have enjoyed a large evening because he didn’t hear me knocking, so I spent an uneasy watch below huddled in a handy red phone box.
Tara Getty's Baruna: Bermudan Yawl Interior Restorations & Fitout

Feb 14, 2025 | classicboat.co.uk | Dan Houston

Part three of our four-part series, talking to Captain Tony Morse about restoring Tara Getty’s 1938 S&S Bermudan yawl Baruna – describing here her interior and fitout…discussing the decisions and choices taken over materials, design, engineering and getting the right look. TM: Baruna’s original interior featured a Butternut mahogany finish throughout, with a natural, unembellished appearance. It was simple by today’s standards but was functional and well-crafted for its time.
Winter Yard News: Latest Launches and Work Around the UK

Feb 11, 2025 | 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.