Classic Boat October 2024 - Sample Issue

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SECOND CHANCE

The replica Adela

A HULL AND A HALF

Strange world of proas

AND GOD MADE... Bardot in Saint-Tropez

SEA AND AIR

Canada by yacht and classic seaplane

IMITATION

The rebirth of Adela, this great WC Storey schooner, started in the heat of the big yacht restoration movement. Now under new ownership, she is back on the race course...

WORDS NIGEL SHARP
PHOTOS CORY SILKEN

GAME

STRANGER THINGS

There is simply no other boat that will give you so much speed for so little cost. Nic Compton explores the history of proas and sails on a newly-built ‘shunting’ proa in Devon

DAS BOOT

A young German millionaire was crowned powerboating World Champion in Cannes in 1956. Decades later, his elegant racer built on the Rhine river was rediscovered and restored by its designer-builder’s son

AND GOD CREATED…

Photographer David Yarrow’s dangerous game: recreating the wonder years of Saint-Tropez, Brigitte Bardot, and the boats she loved

WORDS AND PHOTOS
DAVID YARROW

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