Rig design the pros & cons

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Rig design THE PROS & CONS

Peter Poland looks at the history of popular rig designs and how t

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Unstayed rigs make so much more sense than stayed rigs, reckons Nic Charman, so why are they still the exception?

A boat that takes the ground provides greater freedom and opens up more safe havens

When the Comptons went looking for a cruising yacht with pretty lines, they lucked out with this barn find

HOW TO CURE A HEAVY HELM

Americans have taken boat upcycling and recycling to another level

Jason Beattie’s 1938 cutter Cumulus turns heads, but there are some costly realities that come with owning a beautiful piece of history

Unstayed rigs make so much more sense than stayed rigs, reckons Nic Charman, so why are they still the exception?

A boat that takes the ground provides greater freedom and opens up more safe havens

When the Comptons went looking for a cruising yacht with pretty lines, they lucked out with this barn find

HOW TO CURE A HEAVY HELM

Americans have taken boat upcycling and recycling to another level

Jason Beattie’s 1938 cutter Cumulus turns heads, but there are some costly realities that come with owning a beautiful piece of history