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Yachting World
BAYESIAN MAIB INTERIM REPORT: 'Knocked down in 15 seconds'
The first official account of the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht, an interim report by the UK-based Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), was released on 15 May. The report is a harrowing read, recording the events of the fatal incident.
3 min |
July 2025
Yachting World
America’s Cup heads to Naples
The America's Cup is heading to Italy. After many rumours, Cup defenders and organisers Team New Zealand confirmed on 15 May that Naples will host the Louis Vuitton 38th America's Cup in 2027. This will be the first time the America's Cup has been sailed in Italy, though Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli has been one of the most committed and ever-present challengers in the modern America’s Cup.
4 min |
July 2025
Yachting World
Boris's ocean research yacht
Boris’s ocean research yacht Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia, best known for his IMOCA racing campaign, has launched a new ocean research yacht, Malizia Explorer.
1 min |
July 2025
Yachting World
Race veterans on Clipper
In previous years, skippering 'pay to play' round the world races was often seen as a stepping stone to an ocean racing career: Alex Thomson, Mike Golding and Conrad Humphreys are among those who led amateur teams in the Clipper or Global Challenge races before striking out with their own campaign.
1 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
DOUBLE STRENGTH
THE DOUBLE-HANDED OFFSHORE SCENE SEES AMATEUR SAILORS TAKE ON THE PROS. RUPERT HOLMES CHATS TO CHRISTINA AND JUSTIN WOLFE TO FIND OUT THE SECRETS OF THEIR SUCCESS
7 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT BEN LOWINGS ON BERMUDA
The breeze that whistles through the pines that line Bermuda's shores ranges from a prevailing south-westerly with an average Force 3, rising to a gentle Force 4 in June.
7 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
Restructure on the cards?
The rumour volume is increasing that in fact the whole America's Cup could be restructured.
1 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
TAKING OWNERSHIP
WILL BRUTON ON BUYING AN 'EVERGREEN' DESIGN
5 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS ALAIN SIGN ON MAINSAIL TRIMMING
As a mainsheet trimmer you are the engine of the boat, as Alain Sign explains to Andy Rice
4 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
Momentum lost for Women's Cup
The Puig Women's America’s Cup in Barcelona last autumn was a game changer: there had never before been a dedicated women's competition, or even a dedicated female athlete role, in the America’s Cup.
2 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
CONTEMPLATION
HAVING RACED WITH THE BEST, A LEISURELY PACIFIC CROSSING GIVES CHRISTIAN WILLIAMS ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON OCEAN SAILING
8 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
Cup in turmoil
AUCKLAND OUT · INEOS OUT · ALINGHI OUT · BURLING LEAVES ETNZ
3 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
Paper charts reprieved?
Chart publishers Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson (Imray) and Austrian cartographic specialist freytag & berndt (FB) have teamed up, jointly pledging to 'ensure the continued availability and development' of Imray's nautical paper charts and books.
1 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
ORANGE PUNCH
SAFFIER NOW BRINGS A HIGHER LEVEL OF QUALITY AND EASY SAILING - SO IS THIS THE NEW NAME IN THE LUXURY PERFORMANCE GAME?
9 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
Sail GP wing defect worries
Following the dramatic collapse of the Australia SailGP team's F50 wing rig in San Francisco, a defect has been found affecting some wingsails across the fleet.
1 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
POWER OF THE ARC
OUR GREAT ANNUAL ARC EQUIPMENT SURVEY FOCUSSED ON POWER ON BOARD, ITS USAGE AND GENERATION. JEREMY WYATT QUIZZED THE 234 SKIPPERS WHO MADE THE 2024 CROSSING
8 min |
June 2025
Yachting World
OUT OF THE BLUE
A TERRIFYING MEDICAL EPISODE IN A REMOTE ANCHORAGE TESTS LIVEABOARDS MIRANDA BAKER AND ELLIOT RUSSO - BUT REVEALS THE STRENGTH OF THE CRUISING COMMUNITY
10+ min |
June 2025
Yachting World
HIDDEN ITALY
THE LITTLE-KNOWN EGADI AND PONTINE ISLANDS OF THE TYRRHENIAN SEA OFFERED STUNNING SUMMER CRUISING FOR PHIL AND ROXY JOHNSON
10+ min |
June 2025
Yachting World
PACIFIC LOOP
CONTRASTING PASSAGES ACROSS THE PACIFIC TO HAWAII AND BACK REVEALED THE IMPORTANCE OF CREW DYNAMICS TO TOR JOHNSON
10 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
NEW YACHTS
PREVIEWING NEW YACHTS AT THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL MULTIHULL SHOW
6 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
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 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
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 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
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 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
GEAR FOCUS
LATEST WAYS TO DISPLAY SAILING DATA, WITH RUPERT HOLMES
8 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
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 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
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 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
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 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
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 min |
May 2025
Yachting World
OCEAN READY
IS A REFIT EVER REALLY FINISHED? OCEAN SAILING INSTRUCTOR LEON SCHULZ ON HOW TO KEEP AN OLDER YACHT READY FOR ADVENTURE
10+ min |
May 2025
Yachting World
HERCULEAN TASK
DROPPING A 46FT MAST SOLO AHEAD OF A VOYAGE THROUGH THE FRENCH CANALS PRESENTED STEVE PICKARD WITH A MAJOR CHALLENGE
9 min |