The Beauty, Grace, and elegance of your own classic yacht
A classic yacht can be a stunning example of how it’s possible to capture the spirit of another age and, with the application of modern design and technology, produce a boat that really does seem to offer the best of both worlds.
Nonetheless, producing something that looks convincing rather than like a collision of the old and new is no easy job – and that, perhaps, is one of the many reasons why the care for detail let you stand out of the crowd.
Pilots at our elbows, we start our cruise toward the unknown, and hope we can learn from what other experience before.
Popular Boat Stories
20-11-2011
Poor Performance under power, a detail look at the whole installation
For years several Nic 35 owners have reporting difficulties with their hydraulic drives. Indeed, there have been several instances of engines having to be rebuilt due to being run overloaded at low speeds. Although this hadn’t happened to Francis, he had never been satisfied with the performance under power of his own boat.
Poor Performance under power, a detail look at the whole installation
For years several Nic 35 owners have reporting difficulties with their hydraulic drives. Indeed, there have been several instances of engines having to be rebuilt due to being run overloaded at low speeds. Although this hadn’t happened to Francis, he had never been satisfied with the performance under power of his own boat.
20-11-2011
Bequia Beauty - A Caribbean double-ender proves herself a Passagemaker
For months, I had been looking for an island-built day-sailer. I was in the midst of a major rebuild of TUMBLEWEED, my 50-ear-old Alden ketch, anchored in the protected lagoon of Maya Cove on the south coast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, laminating in new sister frames, refastening, replacing. Most of the interior was torn out to get to the skeleton of the 40’ hull, leaving just Spartan living quarters.
Bequia Beauty - A Caribbean double-ender proves herself a Passagemaker
For months, I had been looking for an island-built day-sailer. I was in the midst of a major rebuild of TUMBLEWEED, my 50-ear-old Alden ketch, anchored in the protected lagoon of Maya Cove on the south coast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, laminating in new sister frames, refastening, replacing. Most of the interior was torn out to get to the skeleton of the 40’ hull, leaving just Spartan living quarters.
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Sailing upriver in a traditional Teak Thai Mekhala boat Sailing upriver in a Rice Barge from Bangkok to Ayutthaya the World Herritage city of Thailand, Nowadays Chao Phraya River, is important not only as a major food source and transportation mean of the region, but also as a wondrous path along which ones could see impressive scenery of nature and people's life with Mekhala barge for 2 days and 1 night.
Building a Viking Ship to Sail the WorldThe Norwegian explorer Ragnar Thorset started his career by rowing single handed from Norway to Shetland. Since then, he has followed in the wake of Leif Ericsson by sailing to North America in a small fishing boat, and in 1980 he sailed the Northwest Passage to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Ronald Amundsen’s voyage.
Bequia Beauty - A Caribbean double-ender proves herself a PassagemakerFor months, I had been looking for an island-built day-sailer. I was in the midst of a major rebuild of TUMBLEWEED, my 50-ear-old Alden ketch, anchored in the protected lagoon of Maya Cove on the south coast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, laminating in new sister frames, refastening, replacing.
A Decade of Legendary 12sFor months, I had been looking for an island-built day-sailer. I was in the midst of a major rebuild of TUMBLEWEED, my 50-ear-old Alden ketch, anchored in the protected lagoon of Maya Cove on the south coast of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, laminating in new sister frames, refastening, replacing.
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