CLASSICS ON YOUTUBE

Classic boat lovers have no shortage of online viewing and as we look towards 2023 things are only growing. The Sampson

Boat Co channel on YouTube, run by English boatbuilder Leo Goolden, now has more than 400,000 subscribers and some of his videos have more than 1 million views.

A project to rebuild an elderly barge, Growler, by Ash FaireRing, can boast less impressive figures thus far but is the equal in ambition.

The latest to join the fun is Eros, the US-flagged schooner that was built in Lowestoft in 1939, which now has its own YouTube channel, with regular videos documenting life aboard for the crew when not on charter. Search for ‘Sailing Eros’.

What is your favourite online classic boat channel? Let us know!