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Yachting World Magazine - May 2025

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In this issue

TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Nikki Henderson skippers a Corinthian crew on board a J/122 in the challenging RORC Caribbean 600.

ARE YOU OCEAN READY?
Leon Schulz on how to keep an older yacht ready for bluewater adventures with a rolling refit programme.

PACIFIC LOOP
A ‘bucket list’ voyage from the US west coast to Hawaii and back highlights the importance of crew dynamics.

TROUBLE IN PARADISE

DESPITE ITS HOLIDAY WEATHER, THE TRADEWIND-POWERED RORC CARIBBEAN 600 IS WELL ESTABLISHED AS A TRUE BLUEWATER CHALLENGE, NIKKI HENDERSON REPORTS

10+ mins

OCEAN READY

IS A REFIT EVER REALLY FINISHED? OCEAN SAILING INSTRUCTOR LEON SCHULZ ON HOW TO KEEP AN OLDER YACHT READY FOR ADVENTURE

10+ mins

PACIFIC LOOP

CONTRASTING PASSAGES ACROSS THE PACIFIC TO HAWAII AND BACK REVEALED THE IMPORTANCE OF CREW DYNAMICS TO TOR JOHNSON

10+ mins

FAMILY TIES

AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY'S CRUISING LIFE LEADS THEM IN THE WAKE OF A BROTHER CAPTURED BY THE KHMER ROUGE. THERESA NICHOLSON REPORTS

8 mins

SAM GOODCHILD

FROM A LIVEABOARD CHILDHOOD TO BECOMING BRITAIN'S BEST OCEAN RACING PROSPECT, SAM GOODCHILD TALKS TO HELEN FRETTER ABOUT ACHIEVING A LIFETIME DREAM

10+ mins

HERCULEAN TASK

DROPPING A 46FT MAST SOLO AHEAD OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE FRENCH CANALS PRESENTED STEVE PICKARD WITH A MAJOR CHALLENGE

9 mins

BIG CAT BIG SHOES

THE LAGOON 42 OUTSOLD EVERY OTHER CATAMARAN TO DATE, WITH MORE THAN 1,150 BOATS BUILT. WILL ITS REPLACEMENT MEET WITH SIMILAR SUCCESS?

8 mins

NEW YACHTS

PREVIEWING NEW YACHTS AT THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL MULTIHULL SHOW

6 mins

GEAR FOCUS

LATEST WAYS TO DISPLAY SAILING DATA, WITH RUPERT HOLMES

8 mins

PRACTICAL

Hitting rocks is one of a sailor's worst fears: Joshua Shankle explains what to do if you're unfortunate enough to be grounded

9 mins

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

Though the IMOCA class is usually a design race between ever-more technologically advanced foilers, two brand new boats were built without foils. Why?

5 mins

5 EXPERT TIPS

Match racing puts huge emphasis on getting a great start. World champion Ian Williams shares his tips for calculating time to the line with Andy Rice

4 mins

TAKING OWNERSHIP

Spending hundreds of thousands on a yacht you have never seen in the flesh: madness? Or one of life's great adventures - and maybe even a way to secure a deal?

6 mins

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Yachting World Magazine Description:

Publisher: Future

Category: Boating_Sailing

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

Yachting World is world's leading international yachting magazine. From ocean racing and blue water cruising to the most glamorous super-yachts, Yachting World has the very best in nautical writing and stunning photography, with up-to-the-minute technical reports, race analysis, new boat tests and much more...