Classic Boat: here are three of your beautiful IOR icons
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Classic IOR: Celebrating the great icons of sailing
The goal is to enter these boats into our Classic Boat by Journal of Sailing “registry” (we explain how to do it HERE). BEWARE, however, putting them on the registry does not only mean census them, it also means valuing all those boats that have a history and a pedigree that allows us to highlight their real historical value-exactly as happens in the world of cars and real estate-to give them back the status they really deserve, and thus their true value. We will take the opportunity not only to create a large archive of them accessible to all, but also to tell and share them as best we can, so that the IOR, in its own way, can partly survive, regaining the status it deserves and enabling us, and you, to see these boats at sea again, and why not, maybe even racing…
- ENTERING A CLASSIC IOR INTO THE CLASSIC BOAT ARCHIVE IS SUPER EASY: CLICK HERE AND ENTER THE BOAT . ALWAYS HERE, ALSO FIND ALL YOUR CLASSIC BOATS ALREADY SURVEYED
Classic IOR: why celebrate old boats?
Made between the late 1960s and early 1990s, IOR hulls are increasingly and erroneously regarded, by many, as simply old boats. Of course, they are no longer new, but would you consider a historic car, or a piece of Bauhaus design, for example, to be just plain old? Hardly. Of course, age is not diminished solely on the basis of value, quality or merit behind the hull itself, but it is certainly not a suitable detail to define the value of anything. On the contrary, with the great IOR classics one is instead, and often, faced with excellent machines, platforms that, with a little care and a good dose of love, can shine again as they did, and as they should. Indeed, the IOR was the time of the purest sailing, the time of the most fearsome offshore races and round-the-world tours of our own “Brancaleone Armies.” It was the world of great hulls, of excellent boats, and, today, it is the world of prototypes to be saved, of boats to be identified and celebrated. It is a reality of exceptional projects that, too often, are not celebrated as they deserve, and it is time to rectify this. But what would be the benefits of doing this? Nothing could be more trivial.
PAXOS | Craglietto
Craglietto; 1972; 11.23 x 4.73 m; Sparkman & Stephens Commissioned by Marina Spaccarelli Bulgari from Sparkman & Stephens, Paxos was born in 1972, designed to be one of three hull options to compete in the 1973 One Ton Cup in Porto Cervo.
At the helm, in an early selection phase, was the great Agostino Straulino.
Ydra, a Carter design, would later go to the One Ton Cup, but Paxos will go down in history as a design that was itself excellent.
Now, restored, she continues to sail the waters of Sicily. 
COCHABAMBA | Fioravanti
Fioravanti Cervia; 1982; 16.5 x 4.85 m; Sciomachen Cochabamba, an IOR classic and well known in the Adriatic, is a 54-footer designed by Sciomachen and built in West System laminate by Cantieri Fioravanti of Cervia.
A classic 1980s design, she features less abundant rakes, with streamlined lines and a set-back beam. The deckhouse is flush, a flush deck and, to handle masthead rigging and loads, does not lack coffee grinders.
She was one of the stars of the Adriatic IOR. 
NANA | Carlini
Carlini; 1968; 10.68 x 3.20 m; Sparkman & Stephens In 1968 the Carlini shipyard built, to a design by Sparkman & Stephens, Nana, a 10.68-meter now with a more than classic flavor.
Nana was born as a twin of another very famous hull, Airone, commissioned by Dr. Treccani and originally named Elan. 
- ENTERING A CLASSIC IOR INTO THE CLASSIC BOAT ARCHIVE IS SUPER EASY: CLICK HERE AND ENTER THE BOAT . ALWAYS HERE, ALSO FIND ALL YOUR CLASSIC BOATS ALREADY SURVEYED
Three “tidbits” about Classic Boats
- Want to learn more about the world of Classic Boats (1967-1998), the iconic boats of the period, the legendary designers, the stories and races of the “golden age” of sailing? Check out our section dedicated to Classic Boats!
- Do you have a Classic Boat to sell? Put it (for free) on our classifieds market!
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