Classic Boat April 2024 - Sample Issue

15-METRE

SURVIVOR

The four surviving 15-M boats are among the most famous on the classic circuit... but Mariska was the first WORDS NIGEL SHARP

NICO MARTINEZ

END OF A DYNASTY

Galiana WithSecure is the last S&S yawl designed for RORC/CCA, a run that started with Dorade in 1930. She’s at sea now, as the oldest boat in the current Ocean Globe Race

WORDS AND PHOTOS BARRY PICKTHALL

TOP GEAR

San Marco and its range of stylish motorboats is the result of collaboration with one of the Italy’s most prestigious car makers – Lancia

TEXT GERALD GUETAT PHOTOS HENRI THIBAULT ARCHIVES AUTHOR’S COLLECTION

A concours-standard, bright-finished jewel may not be what you expect to find on serious voyages to the icy north. But then, this is a Vertue...

WORDS BARRY PICKTHALL PHOTOS PPL MEDIA

Clockwise from top left: Largs at the turn of the century by John Fergus; Lugsail Club members at Largs; Lugsail racing at Largs; Light airs for the lugsails at Largs; A gloomy day on the race course at Largs; Image of a club gathering at Largs from the Robert Morris collection