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13/04 Book Reviews

How Boat Things Work An Illustrated Guide by Charlie Wing Today I’m pleased to review ‘How Boat Things Work’ by Charlie Wing. It’s a

06/04 Educational

Why Sponsorship Matters for the 2024 Pilot Cutter Review The 2024 Pilot Cutter Review requests sponsorship to help cover its costs and ensure a

05/04 Absolutely No Experience Required

Top Tips for your first sailing adventure from customers Don’t feel under pressure everybody learns at different speeds. Its ok to observe for a

16/03 Educational

I grew up in St Mawes, Classic Sailing’s home base, and learnt to row in the harbour when I was about 7 years old

07/03 Book Reviews

Sailing Alone Around the World Joshua Slocum was the first man to circumnavigate the world solo, a feat he accomplished between 1895 and 1898

28/02 Absolutely No Experience Required

Throughout 2024, we’re shining the spotlight on the various ways our customers get more with a Classic Sailing booking. Sailing on a traditional vessel

23/02 Featured Destination

30,000 Islands & Serene Baltic Sailing The Stockholm archipelago, known as “skärgården” to the locals, is an array of 30,000 islands, islets and skerries

08/02 Educational

Thank you Anne Thank you to Anne for the following response to some articles and posts from Classic Sailing. I have included Anne’s response

23/01 Educational

Introduction I, Adam, have sailed on tall ships from the UK, Holland, Portugal and Norway in many parts of the world as a humble

19/01 Educational

About our Four Editors Ask a question, start a discussion, have your say. Any time we publish a letter that we think is super

14/01 Inspiration

Turning the Tide on Blue Monday Blue Monday, marked on 15th January 2024, is here again. Many of us find ourselves caught in the

11/01 Shipmates' Stories

Thank you Gregory for sending in his sailing story. If you have an anecdote to share, get in touch! We were flying along under