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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
REGULAR ITEMS:
Racing Logbook - Olympic Preview; Budweiser Irish Grand Prix; Rolex Swan European Championship; Drama for Atlantic challengers; The Figaro; Michael Fay's legacy; The London to Brighton
Property Pages - Alexander Snow's International Guide to the best in waterside homes. This month: The Great House, Mustique; Villa Monte Verde, Gran Canaria; and a Chelsea houseboat
Charter & Brokerage - In this month's News Pages: the new Senator 47; Sea Interiors, purveyors of 1940s ships' furniture; Nautor's new Swan 36; the autumn boat shows; John Bertola's ship models
FEATURES:
Of Battlecries and Grand Pianos - Keith Wheatley - The Six-Metre class attracts a special kind of owner. The exuberant John Prentice has just taken delivery of his latest Battlecry, a beautiful varnished Six designed by lan Hewlett
Mister Conner's Cat - Chris Caswell - In his search for speed to beat the K-boat, Dennis Conner has taken up catamaran sailing. His new Stars & Stripes has emerged the clear favourite for the San Diego showdown
Early Cats: Origins of the Species - D. Charles and C. Renie - In 1887 Nathaniel 'Nat' Herreshoff filed his catamaran patent. In 1883 a horse called Boston raced a catamaran called Jessie for a $500 wager. The catamaran won...
The Discreet Charm of Wood and Steam - Jason Holtom - Graceful slipper launches and open steam canoes, transport their passengers back to a more genteel era at the Traditional Boat Rally on the Henley reach of the Thames
Fire Fliers - Laura Mipsum - It was no sleep till Southend for six firemen who in a stern test of endurance battled their way around the coast of Britain in an inflatable powerboat in record-breaking time
Poupon - Jason Holtom - Philippe Poupon has established himself as the world's top singlehanded sailor. This year he smashed the transatlantic record. Next year he is going non-stop around the world
ON BOARD:
Trump Princess - John Taylor - Donald Trump loves his 'toys'. The latest is the 86m ex-Nabila which reputedly cost her first owner, Adnan Khashoggi, $85m and was commissioned as the world's most lavish yacht
Cover picture: Bluenose II, a 1963 replica of the famous 1921 Nova Scotia fishing schooner designed to race out to the Grand Banks fishing grounds and be first home with the catch. Photo: Christian Fevrier
Racing Logbook - Olympic Preview; Budweiser Irish Grand Prix; Rolex Swan European Championship; Drama for Atlantic challengers; The Figaro; Michael Fay's legacy; The London to Brighton
Property Pages - Alexander Snow's International Guide to the best in waterside homes. This month: The Great House, Mustique; Villa Monte Verde, Gran Canaria; and a Chelsea houseboat
Charter & Brokerage - In this month's News Pages: the new Senator 47; Sea Interiors, purveyors of 1940s ships' furniture; Nautor's new Swan 36; the autumn boat shows; John Bertola's ship models
FEATURES:
Of Battlecries and Grand Pianos - Keith Wheatley - The Six-Metre class attracts a special kind of owner. The exuberant John Prentice has just taken delivery of his latest Battlecry, a beautiful varnished Six designed by lan Hewlett
Mister Conner's Cat - Chris Caswell - In his search for speed to beat the K-boat, Dennis Conner has taken up catamaran sailing. His new Stars & Stripes has emerged the clear favourite for the San Diego showdown
Early Cats: Origins of the Species - D. Charles and C. Renie - In 1887 Nathaniel 'Nat' Herreshoff filed his catamaran patent. In 1883 a horse called Boston raced a catamaran called Jessie for a $500 wager. The catamaran won...
The Discreet Charm of Wood and Steam - Jason Holtom - Graceful slipper launches and open steam canoes, transport their passengers back to a more genteel era at the Traditional Boat Rally on the Henley reach of the Thames
Fire Fliers - Laura Mipsum - It was no sleep till Southend for six firemen who in a stern test of endurance battled their way around the coast of Britain in an inflatable powerboat in record-breaking time
Poupon - Jason Holtom - Philippe Poupon has established himself as the world's top singlehanded sailor. This year he smashed the transatlantic record. Next year he is going non-stop around the world
ON BOARD:
Trump Princess - John Taylor - Donald Trump loves his 'toys'. The latest is the 86m ex-Nabila which reputedly cost her first owner, Adnan Khashoggi, $85m and was commissioned as the world's most lavish yacht
Cover picture: Bluenose II, a 1963 replica of the famous 1921 Nova Scotia fishing schooner designed to race out to the Grand Banks fishing grounds and be first home with the catch. Photo: Christian Fevrier
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