Boatbuilders, enthusiasts, maritime culture, classic yards and stories from the sea.
When Joshua Slocum left East Boston aboard the rebuilt Spray in 1895, many thought the venture was foolish. Thirty-eight months later, he was the first person to have sailed alone around the world.
From a shared Nordic one-design idea in the late 1930s to the prototype in Gothenburg, the boats built in plastic and a thriving racing scene. The Folkboat has endured through tradition.
From Per Brohäll’s commission in 1964 to the museum boat TERTIA: Albin Vega became one of the great Swedish family cruisers of the 1960s and remains a popular classic.
From wooden boats and small-scale workshops to production-built offshore cruisers: Hallberg-Rassy grew out of two boatyards that were never partners, but together shaped a bluewater template.
The whole nautical world, every week – with particular depth in the Nordics and the Mediterranean.