Yachting World
WINTER AT 66° N
AN ORDINARY BOAT CAN ENABLE EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.SKIER AND SAILOR JUHO KARHU HAS SPENT TWO WINTERS IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ON BOARD HIS BENETEAU IDYLLE.
10 min |
May 2020
Yachting World
THE HARDEST ROAD
WHAT’S IT REALLY LIKE TO PREPARE FOR THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST OCEAN RACE, THE VENDÉE GLOBE? PIP HARE REVEALS HOW HARD IT CAN BE
10+ min |
May 2020
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT
WHERE TO SPEND THE HURRICANE SEASON
10+ min |
May 2020
Yachting World
PACIFIC SOLO
SINGLE-HANDED ADVENTURER WEBB CHILES OUTRUNS A SOUTH PACIFIC STORM AS HE SAILS BETWEEN THE US AND NEW ZEALAND
9 min |
May 2020
Yachting World
ONE DESIGN DOUBLE APPEAL?
DEHLER’S AWARD-WINNING OFFSHORE BLASTER IS MANY THINGS TO MANY SAILORS. BUT CAN A SHORT-HANDED ONE-DESIGN RACER-CRUISER REALLY TICK SO MANY BOXES?
9 min |
May 2020
Yachting World
KING OF CATS
MARC VAN PETEGHEM OF FRENCH DESIGN LEADERS VPLP TALKS EXTREME FOILING, CRUISING CATS AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH SAM FORTESCUE
9 min |
May 2020
Yachting World
COUNTDOWN TO YOUR BIG ADVENTURE
FIVE SKIPPERS TELL ELAINE BUNTING ABOUT THEIR PLANS AND PREPARATIONS TO GO VOYAGING
10+ min |
May 2020
Yachting World
CAMERAS ON BOARD
Improved camera imagery and software incorporating artificial intelligence are increasingly making sailing easier, from parking to detecting UFOs.
8 min |
May 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Small-Boat Gear
DUCKWORKS BOAT PLANS
1 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Wood + Carbon Fiber
Are you having trouble getting good wood for your boat projects? You are not alone.
4 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
THE PORTAGE
And Other Notes from Doubling the Salish 100
9 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Isolated Australian Coast
On the opposite side of north Australia from the Great Barrier Reef is a much less-known reef, hugging a rarely visited desert coast, offering soul-feeding beauty that is only amplified by the art of small-boat journeying.
9 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Seascape The Webb Chiles Interview
We caught up with famed sailor and author Webb Chiles just after he’d finished his sixth circumnavigation at age 77.
10+ min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
READER BOAT: AMF Sunbird, Lusty Slogger
On May 1, 2009, while riding my beloved Triumph Bonneville motorcycle on Interstate 40 in Asheville NC, I was struck from behind by a tractor-trailer rig.
6 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
On The Beach at Cedar Key
The annual gathering of small craft happens each year on the first weekend in May. It is perfectly located on the tip of a peninsula tucked up in the panhandle of the Gulf of Mexico.
10 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
PLAN STUDY: Glen-L 14
Here is a sprightly sloop for sporty sailing the whole family will enjoy.
2 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
My Experiment in Retractable Electric Propulsion
Electric outboard motors, the wave of the future, are a great way to propel small watercraft, since they offer several advantages over standard gasoline-powered outboards.
5 min |
March - April 2020
Small Craft Advisor
CUSTOM GOAT ISLAND SKIFF
It turns out that I enjoy building and learning about boats even more than I enjoy owning them.
5 min |
March - April 2020
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON BLT
5 min |
April 2020
Yachting World
JIMMY CORNELL'S ZER0 CARBON CRUISER
THE FUTURE IS ELECTRIC, SAYS CRUISING GURU JIMMY CORNELL. HE’S BUILDING AN ELECTRIC CATAMARAN FOR A CIRCUMNAVIGATION WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS
9 min |
April 2020
Yachting World
ICE RESCUE
JARLATH CUNNANE RECOUNTS A FRAUGHT ATTEMPT TO NAVIGATE THE ICE-STREWN NORTH EAST PASSAGE TO SAVE A STRICKEN YACHT
9 min |
April 2020
Yachting World
OCEAN PROOF HOW TO PREPARE FOR (NEARLY) ANYTHING
IN PART 2 OF THE SERIES, VICKY ELLIS LOOKS AT CHAFE, RIG PROBLEMS AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR CREW ON SIDE
10 min |
April 2020
Yachting World
HIDDEN TALENTS
BRITISH COLUMBIA IS FAMED FOR ITS LANDSCAPES, BUT JULIEN GIRARDOT DISCOVERED A RICH COMMUNITY OF CRAFTSMEN BOATBUILDERS DOTTING ITS CREEKS
6 min |
April 2020
Yachting World
CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
TIME TO UPGRADE? WILL BRUTON DISCOVERS WAYS TO FUTURE-PROOF YOUR YACHT THAT IMPROVE LIFE ON BOARD – AND ARE KINDER TO THE PLANET
8 min |
April 2020
Yachting World
BOLD FIRST IMPRESSIONS
BENETEAU HAS TAKEN ITS FAMED FIRST MARQUE INTO THE COMPETITIVE SECTOR OF LUXURY PERFORMANCE
10 min |
April 2020
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RUN THE PIT
4 min |
April 2020
Surfer
SECOND COMING
After a series of near-career-ending injuries, former aerial innovator Wade Goodall finds new ways to channel his erratic creativity with his film “Pentacoastal”
10+ min |
Volume 61, Issue 1
Surfer
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION
Fifty years ago, the Shortboard Revolution saw the most radical design shifts in the history of surfcraft. Today, that same experimental spirit is alive and well in the surfing and shaping approaches of Torren Martyn and Simon Jones
10+ min |
Volume 61, Issue 1
Surfer
Jodie Cooper, 55
First Openly-Gay World Tour Surfer, Big-Wave Charger, Assault Survivor, Zero-Shit Taker North Coast, New South Wales
4 min |
Volume 61, Issue 1
Professional Mariner
Engine Room Fire Disables Canadian Bulk Carrier Near Detroit
The Canada-flagged bulk carrier Tecumseh lost propulsion and briefly went adrift in the Detroit River after a fire in the engine room.
1 min |