A stunning collection of the most beautiful classic yachts afloat. Former Classic Boat editor Nic Compton has spent over twenty years sailing and photographing classic yachts, and this is the culmination of his decades-long passion--a stunning collection showcasing the twenty most beautiful and fascinating classic boats still sailing today.
They include:
Christiania--rescued from five hundred meters under water using the latest oil drilling technology
Inward Bound--a thirty-five-foot cutter built in Argentina using salvaged timber from theGeneral Belgrano
Madoc--a twenty-four-foot clinker yawl built on a Tasmanian beach by hand
Partridge--an 1885 cutter that took eighteen years to restore
Solway Maid--the last surviving William Fife yacht
Timeless and magnificent, these yachts, captured here in glorious full-color photographs, all have a story to tell.
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Nic Compton's book will have yacht owners seasick with envy -- Martin Chilton * The Telegraph * A masterpiece of photography and words -- Rich Evans * Sailing * A healthy mix of old and new boats, many of which you could easily picture beneath your feet, written about and beautifully photographed by the author. * WoodenBoat (US) *
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A stunning collection of the most beautiful classic yachts afloat, including a clinker yawl hand-built on a Tasmanian beach, a sunken rescue boat raised from 500m underwater and lovingly restored, and several record-breaking race champions.
Introduction
PARTRIDGE (1885)
The 1885 Beavor-Webb cutter that set a new standard for classic yachts
after one mans 18-year restoration
MARIAN (1889)
The 1889 Bristol Channel pilot cutter owned by the laziest skipper in the
Western Approaches
BONA FIDE (1899)
The original fin-keeler that was 70 years ahead of her time
STAVANGER (1901)
The last voyage of the most original Colin Archer rescue boat, before being
preserved for posterity by the Norwegian national maritime museum
CORAL OF COWES (1902)
The Fred Shepherd yawl restored in South Africa and sailed back to the
northern hemisphere for the first time in over 70 years
RAWENE (1908)
Owned by the same family for 90 years, the New Zealand kauri classic is a
floating time capsule
THE LADY ANNE (1912)
The 15-Metre yacht was banned from racing in the Med because of carbon
fibre in her topmast. She came back without it and won everything anyway
LULWORTH (1920)
The largest cutter in the world, built in Southampton in 1920 and recently
restored in Italy
BRILLIANT (1932)
Olin Stephens Atlantic record-breaker, now used by Mystic Seaport for sail
training 9,000 youngsters
STORMY WEATHER (1934)
The legendary S&S Fastnet winner which became Italys best-loved classic
BLOODHOUND (1936)
Built by the legendary Camper & Nicholson yard in Gosport, Bloodhound was
one of the most successful racers of her day. She became a Royal Yacht in the
1960s when she was owned by Prince Philip and hosted the entire royal family
VANITY V (1936)
The exquisite Fife 12-metre meticulously restored by a pair of used car
salesmen who showed the experts how it should done
SOLWAY MAID (1938) The last Fife has survived remarkably intact, thanks
to two periods of suspended animation
FANEROMENI (1945)
The classic yacht revival reaches Greece with the restoration of Aegean
schooners such as this 1945 Perama caique
INWARD BOUND (1962)
A 35ft S&S cutter built in Argentina using salvaged timber from General
Belgrano
BLUE SALUKI (1964)
Despite being built to Lloyds 100 A1 by a top boatyard, Blue Saluki was the
last of a dying breed and was soundly beaten by modern multihulls in the
first round Britain race. Unlike most of them, however, shes still turning
heads
MADOC (1990)
A 24ft American clinker yawl built by an Englishman on a beach in Tasmania
using local timbers and no power tools
SAVANNAH (1997)
The modern classic which combined the best of Fife with a fin keel, and
took the Mediterranean classic boat circuit by storm
ELEONORA (2000)
Exact replica of Herreshoff schooner Westward, on which Captain Barr set an
Atlantic record which remained unbroken for 100 years
INTEGRITY (2012)
A brand new Victorian cutter which holds her own against the real
100-year-old Victorian cutters
Index
Acknowledgements
Nic Compton was brought up on boats until the age of 15. He worked as a shipwright, before becoming a full-time writer and photographer. He was Editor of Classic Boat magazine until 2000, and has written several books on nautical subjects, including most recently The Sea: A Photographic Celebration and Titanic on Trial, both published by Adlard Coles Nautical.
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