Wondering how you should be looking after your chainplates? A boatbuilding legend gives us three reasons to paint over them.

The most important naval officer you’ve never heard of – Greenvile Collins, yacht captain and hydrographer – worked for three ...

A list of nautical terms and the epistemologies behind seafaring phrases and sailing navigation terms that even the best ...

Wondering how to upgrade your boat, but don't want to do a full refit? Here's an expert guide for replacing your sails and ...

His exploits are legendary. We catch up with national treasure Sir Robin Knox-Johnston following another, well-deserved, accolade.

His new book, Master & Cartographer – A Life of Greenvile Collins, the Man who Charted Britain and Helped Change the Course ...

The North West OGA has a brilliant summer season of racing planned - here's the Old Gaffers events schedule for this area.

Classic Boat is the magazine for the world’s most beautiful boats. Packed with stunning images, we have the inside stories of the great classic yachts and motorboats afloat today, as well as ...

Eric Tabarly’s ever-green Whitbread maxi Pen Duick VI never won a round-the-world yacht race… until now, when she was first over the line in the recent Ocean Globe Race. The skipper this time was his ...

I hoist the mainsail with the mooring lines still tied. A few curious faces peer over the railings. “Is that a Folkboat?” says an old fella’ with a bag of chips. “Where you off to?” “France!” I say.

150 years ago, John ‘Rob Roy’ MacGregor started the sports of canoeing and kayaking, and had a big influence on the small cruising yachts that would follow Happy birthday the sport of kayaking. You ...