Saving the Trad
he ‘Henley Trad’, if you’ve never been, is not only the largest gathering of traditional river craft in Europe, perhaps the world, but one of the longest-lived, dating back to 1978, nearly a decade before the restorations of the big-class yachts and , and the founding of this magazine. It is also the epicentre of a microcosm of upper Thames boatbuilders and boat-owners, all of whom want to win the coveted concours prizes, and many of whom feel quite strongly about how it is judged, and who should win it – just as it always is when something matters and people care about it. It’s miles from the billionaires’ pzazz of
