David Ross takes delivery of Europe’s first Schaefer V44

With its voluminous accommodation and secure cockpit, this low-draught Polish-built cruiser is ideal for family coastal cruising – and a bit of canal pottering…

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Tim Steel and his family take their new Dale Classic 37 on its first proper cruise

FRANÇOIS TREGOUET ON LA TORTUE 147

A cyanotype of a fern leaf by early photographer Anna Atkins soared above its estimate in Surrey and ‘the most striking likeness’ of Horatio Nelson is drawing every eye at the LAPADA Fair