Classic Boat Magazine Classic Boat July 2013 Back Issue

What is a classic anyway? It's an old chestnut, but as popular as ever. In our July issue, we ask everyone from naval architects to boatbuilders and photographers – and here are their answers. The editor has been sailing with a fleet of charter classics of the World Heritage Site North Mallorcan coast, and we look at the long life of Francis Herreshoff's famous yacht Bounty, a riot of curves. Also in this issue: Witch – the centenarian gaff cutter sailing around Britain with the OGA. And – the definitive history of the OGA Charlie Barr – Part one of three charting the life of Britain's greatest yacht-racing skipper Death and Glory – a recreation of the boatbuilders' boys' boat from Coot Club and The Big Six How to: choose a sheath knife and sharpen it How to: set a mizzen staysail How to: stop tools slipping and damaging wood Traditional tool: dividers Class Notes: St Mawes One-Design Saleroom: Wm Fife's own yard pocketbook under the hammer Lazarette: Spanish cocktails, fuel whistle and more Objects of Desir