In this episode Doug discloses the fact that he’s recently inherited a 1973 Bristol 24, one of the most popular small cruising boats of her day. A self-described “boat private investigator”, Doug has a knack for sniffing out the untold stories you haven’t heard anywhere else, and this time he set out to find the boat’s designer.

Doug managed to get a phone interview with Paul Coble, designer of the Bristol 24 and influential force during Bristol Yacht’s heyday. Paul’s salty stories are sure to put a smile on your face if you’ve ever set foot aboard a Bristol yacht. My Boat is accessible from the page on the right in each issue of Classic Yacht. We also post the My Boat series on Apple’s iTunes (itunes.com) for anyone to download for free onto an iPod or computer (Mac or PC).

We release each new My Boat episode on iTunes about ten days before the magazine is delivered to your e-mail inbox. So, if you subscribe to the podcast on iTunes for free, you’ll get My Boat first along with a preview of what’s to come in the next issue of Classic Yacht. If you think you’re My Boat material (we want a podcast, not a nodcast), contact us by clicking editor@classicyachtmag.com with a brief description of your boat and your adventure. If we believe you, we’ll be in touch!