Our newspaper has never hidden its fondness for classic boats, classic boats . As soon as we heard about Scilla (ex-Duchess) we could not help but rejoice. We are not the only ones who care at the end of the …
Welcome back Scilla! Thus was this 1966 Sangermani pilot boat reborn. Read More »
Racing and chasing on the water at insane speeds, brutal offshore races and lots of cinema. The Cigarette 80s and 90s have undoubtedly become icons, cult boats featured in any movie set in Florida, “wrapped” in the most unlikely colors …
Displacement, safe and spacious, in its own way not unlike the Grand Banks 42, and yet still inspired by the evergreen trawlers, Hatteras launched, in 1976, its first Long Range Cruiser, the Hatteras 42 LRC, progenitor of a very successful …
Hatteras 42 LRC (12.8 m), the 1980s trawler for big cruising Read More »
You have a Classic Boat , a historic boat built before 1998, and therefore more than 25 years old? Perfect, this news is especially for you. Motor Boatshas launched a campaign to celebrate and highlight so many of these great …
Do you have a Classic Boat? Celebrate its history! Doing it is so easy Read More »
Storebro Royal Cruiser 31 (Storö 31) – Classic Boat A few years ago, on our pages and then on our website, we told you the story of an (almost) indestructible boat, the Storebro Royal Cruiser 31, a 9.3-meter Classic Boat …
There are inventions that change the course of history, others that pass by quietly. The latter is certainly not the case with the Bertram 31, the first hull of the yard of the same name and the boat that changed …
Bertram 31 (9.4 m), the first real Bertram, a cult Classic Boat Read More »
Riva Tritone (7.9m), the big brother of the Aquarama | Classic Boat The 1950s, la dolce vita, Portofino, the lakes and the Côte d’Azur. An image that seldom fails to evoke art-house movie settings and, above all, mahogany jewels moored …
Riva Tritone (7.9 m), the big brother of the Aquarama | Classic Boat Read More »
Hundreds and hundreds of units built and sold, mainly between the French Riviera and Liguria, an outstanding pedigree and speeds in excess of 55 knots. Still, it was considered an anomalous boat, close to both the ‘pure offshorer and the …
Montecarlo Offshorer 30 (9 m), the Italian fast commuter over 50 knots – Classic Boat Read More »
Columbo Romance 32 | 9.72 m The trend, thinking about the Classic Boats , is often to focus on boats produced between the late 1960s and the second half of the 1980s. Yet the 1990s also produced great boats, designs …
Colombo Romance 32, the Classic Boat of the “dolce vita” of the late 1990s (9.72m) Read More »
