Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
LOG BOOK - Bob Fisher reports on this year's Sydney Hobart, the Mecca of offshore racing in the Southern Hemisphere; David King looks into Admiral's Cup developments, in what promises to be a classic Cup series; A report on this year's Laser Worlds, where Melbourne Australia saw 130 competitors assemble for this year's championships.
AMERICA'S CUP: AN EPIC OF OUR TIME - End Game. America's Cup final, the Holy Grail of yachting goes back West. Bob Fisher reports on the trials and tribulations of the Americans in regaining the America's Cup; Lexcen Speaks Out. No longer fettered by the constraints of a campaign Ben Lexcen reflects on past and present, interview by Barry Pickthall; Beyond Glassgate. Ron Holland speaks about the development of the controversial move to glassfibre hulls by the New Zealand syndicate; Onwards and Upwards. Keith Wheatley gives an account on the cost of running a modern-day 12-Metre syndicate; An Epic of Our Time. lan Wooldridge gives an overview of the event in his own inimitable style.
FLYING THE EIGHTEEN - Barry Pickthall takes a look at the fast-developing 18ft skiff. Unique to the shores of Australia and New Zealand, these ultra-fast hi-tech machines are built from the most exotic of materials.
SHOW REVIEW - MIAMI BOAT SHOW - While the heartland of Industrial USA was in the depths of winter, the Miami Boat Show was enjoying long hours of hot sunshine, an ideal climate for what is billed as the Greatest Boat Show in the South. Report by Roger Lean-Vercoe.
ON BOARD - TROPIC C - During the Miami Boat Show an elegant white motor yacht could be seen moored at the Marriott Marina, built in Holland at the Heesen shipyard she is the first yacht to come from the Dutch International Association of Shipbuilders (DIASHIP). Roger Lean-Vercoe gives his impression on the Tropic C.
ANNA MARIE - Another large motor yacht draw the crowd at the Miami Show was the Anna Marie, 86-footer built by the Burg Boat Company, who have over the years acquired the deserved reputation for 'building the 'Stradivarius' aluminium motor yachts. Roger Lean-Vercoe steps aboard.
ON BOARD - MUSTANG - The sleek 83ft Mustang is the latest custom-build from the Camper & Nicholsons yard, Based on a hull drawn for a maxi-racer and built for an American owner (who call halt to an intended world cruise when he decided th 58ft boat was not big enough for his needs!) Report by A Owen.
PROPERTY PAGE - News on fine homes now a able for sale in the world's most favoured spots.
CHARTER & BROKERAGE - News of the charter and brokerage world.
AMERICA'S CUP: AN EPIC OF OUR TIME - End Game. America's Cup final, the Holy Grail of yachting goes back West. Bob Fisher reports on the trials and tribulations of the Americans in regaining the America's Cup; Lexcen Speaks Out. No longer fettered by the constraints of a campaign Ben Lexcen reflects on past and present, interview by Barry Pickthall; Beyond Glassgate. Ron Holland speaks about the development of the controversial move to glassfibre hulls by the New Zealand syndicate; Onwards and Upwards. Keith Wheatley gives an account on the cost of running a modern-day 12-Metre syndicate; An Epic of Our Time. lan Wooldridge gives an overview of the event in his own inimitable style.
FLYING THE EIGHTEEN - Barry Pickthall takes a look at the fast-developing 18ft skiff. Unique to the shores of Australia and New Zealand, these ultra-fast hi-tech machines are built from the most exotic of materials.
SHOW REVIEW - MIAMI BOAT SHOW - While the heartland of Industrial USA was in the depths of winter, the Miami Boat Show was enjoying long hours of hot sunshine, an ideal climate for what is billed as the Greatest Boat Show in the South. Report by Roger Lean-Vercoe.
ON BOARD - TROPIC C - During the Miami Boat Show an elegant white motor yacht could be seen moored at the Marriott Marina, built in Holland at the Heesen shipyard she is the first yacht to come from the Dutch International Association of Shipbuilders (DIASHIP). Roger Lean-Vercoe gives his impression on the Tropic C.
ANNA MARIE - Another large motor yacht draw the crowd at the Miami Show was the Anna Marie, 86-footer built by the Burg Boat Company, who have over the years acquired the deserved reputation for 'building the 'Stradivarius' aluminium motor yachts. Roger Lean-Vercoe steps aboard.
ON BOARD - MUSTANG - The sleek 83ft Mustang is the latest custom-build from the Camper & Nicholsons yard, Based on a hull drawn for a maxi-racer and built for an American owner (who call halt to an intended world cruise when he decided th 58ft boat was not big enough for his needs!) Report by A Owen.
PROPERTY PAGE - News on fine homes now a able for sale in the world's most favoured spots.
CHARTER & BROKERAGE - News of the charter and brokerage world.
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