Surveying might be the dull overture to buying or selling a boat, but it needs to be done right, Hughes tell us.

The Sparkman & Stephens masterpiece Volonté has been brought in for work in Cowes, Isle of Wight, Ben Wood reports.

Abbey Boatbuilder has been busy creating a microcosm of vintage hydroplane racing, alongside restoring heavier wooden motor ...

The Superyacht Life Foundation’s annual awards, the Honours, was notable for having its first all-female line-up this year.

Like all old boats, Gudgeon has changed a bit over the years. Unlike most, she’s grown 6ft longer too, Nigel Sharp tells us.

In early September the Old Gaffers Association gathered for the Norfolk Rally, a long weekend of ‘small boat’ racing. Charlie Alcock, Dave Rayfield & Sarah Lightfoot gave us a report… The first ...

As part of the Royal Ocean Racing Club centenary, Clare McComb stepped aboard for a sail, and re-established a century-old family link.

The 21st Copa Del Rey, part of the Vintage and Classic Yacht Club series, featured a record entry of 49 boats from a wide range of European countries. Storms at the Western side of the island have ...

The exploits of boats like the trawler Vigilance were the stuff of dreams, but the living memories are all gone now. Thanks to the efforts of Will Stirling’s crew of graduates and hard men, plus a ...

A marvel of engineering? Or a horror lurking below the steps? Two men with more than 120 years of experience run us through the basic checks needed on a four-stroke marine diesel. A hard-working ...

Sophisticated modern boatbuilders see the axe as a primitive tool, almost a blunt instrument, if you will, laboriously hewing away at what workshop machinery will achieve in a twinkling of electrons.