Small Craft Advisor
PLAN STUDY: Annabelle Skiff
Standing around after boating on the local pond, I suggested to my friend, the remarkable Paul Helbert, that I thought he would be better served by yet another boat—specifically, the “10' Rowing and Sailing Dinghy” designed by Howard Chapelle. I would modify Chapelle’s hull for skin-on-frame construction, and Paul would build the prototype. Paul could, for a minimal investment in both time and money, have a sailboat that would be lightweight enough to car-top, yet still had room for a passenger. More importantly, the boat promised jaunty performance as well.
4 min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Future Physics of the Birdwing Mast
An inventor’s perspective
7 min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Bike Sailing
Building a small, bike-trailerable boat for big water
9 min |
July - August 2020
Yachting World
SET FREE & GO
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET READY AND PREPARED TO SAIL AWAY FOR A LIFE AFLOAT? RALLY ORGANISER JEREMY WYATT GUIDES US WITH HIS ADVICE
10 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
SHOGUN 50 AND 42.6
This new brand is the result of a Swedish owner seeking a very light displacement boat with performance (and some design aspects) akin to that of the ClubSwan 50, but with easy handling for day sailing and occasional overnighting with family and friends in the Stockholm archipelago.
3 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
LESSONS FROM A LIFE AFLOAT
PETE GOSS HAS DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS VOYAGING PLANS AND SAIL NEARER TO HOME, BUT HE REFLECTS ON WHAT HE’S LEARNED
10 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
SailGP will restart in 2021
All events due to take place this year in Russell Coutts’s grand prix circuit SailGP have been rescheduled for 2021. The ‘Season 2’ series planned for San Francisco in April, New York in June, and in UK and Denmark in August and September are all being moved to the same venues running from April next year.
1 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
FINE BALANCE
AT FIRST ACQUAINTANCE THIS CRUISER/RACER SEEMS CURIOUSLY AT ODDS WITH ITSELF – UNTIL YOU GET BEHIND THE WHEEL
9 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
THE SWAN PRINCE
FASHION MAGNATE LEONARDO FERRAGAMO HAS CULTIVATED NAUTOR’S SWAN INTO THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED YACHT BRAND
9 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
Solo race to the Arctic
A new race to the Arctic in July is to be run for the IMOCA 60 class as a qualifier for the Vendée Globe round the world race in November.
2 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
AFTER THE STORM
‘A LOVE AND HATE AFFAIR’ IS HOW MICHAEL VAN BREGT DESCRIBES SAILING THROUGH THE MAGELLAN STRAIT AND AROUND THE SOUTH OF THE AMERICAS
10 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
American classics to be auctioned
Two beautiful and classic yachts are to be sold at auction on 25 June. The 1926 Herreshoff NY40 Marilee and the famous S&S-designed 12 Metre Enterprise are to be sold individually, without reserve, to the highest bidder.
1 min |
July 2020
Yachting World
A WORLD BENEATH
FREEDIVER ANDREAS B HEIDE HAS SPENT A DECADE WHALE WATCHING IN THE FAR NORTH FROM HIS 37FT PRODUCTION YACHT
9 min |
July 2020
Surfer
Four Things to Make You Feel A Little Less Shitty About Everything
Helpful reminders for the quarantine era
10+ min |
Volume 61, Issue 2
Surfer
The Art of Being Seen
How a group of black women are finding creative ways to make diversity in surfing more visible
4 min |
Volume 61, Issue 2
Surfer
Surftech
Everyday surfers weigh in on Surftech’s newest models, and the Best of the Test was the “Untitled” by Haydenshapes
3 min |
Volume 61, Issue 2
Surfer
THE PERFECT STORM
The Brazilian Storm cracked the code to competitive surfing dominance, but Brazil’s next generation faces an uncertain forecast
10+ min |
Volume 61, Issue 2
Surfer
WARRIORS OF THE BIGHT
In beating back Big Oil, the misfit crew of surfers behind the Fight for the Bight have done more than save Australia’s southern coast—they’ve created a movement for bigger fights to come
10+ min |
Volume 61, Issue 2
Surfer
Shane Dorian, 47
Father, hunter, one of the best ever in waves 2-feet to 60. Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
4 min |
Volume 61, Issue 2
Surfer
A WORLD AWAY
Traveling, surfing and escaping in the time of Coronavirus
10 min |
Volume 61, Issue 2
Yachting World
Yacht builders keep working
Although most yards ceased production or were operating at a vastly reduced capacity during March and April, yacht manufacturing continued in some countries. Some European countries had less stringent measures in place, which meant yachts were still getting built and order books fulfilled.
3 min |
June 2020
Yachting World
WHERE EAGLES DARE
PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD LANGDON SAILS A HIGH PERFORMANCE WINGSAIL CATAMARAN FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO FLORIDA
8 min |
June 2020
Yachting World
ELIXIR OF YOUTH
MAX CAMPBELL DREAMS OF A WORLD CIRCUMNAVIGATION WITH FRIENDS, BUT FIRST THEY MUST RESTORE A 50-YEAR-OLD SWAN...
10+ min |
June 2020
Yachting World
INSIDE AND OUT
TOR JOHNSON SAILS WITH HIS FATHER, SISTER AND FRIENDS ON A VOYAGE OF REDISCOVERY AROUND SPECTACULAR VANCOUVER ISLAND
10+ min |
June 2020
Yachting World
WINTER IN FIRELAND
A BRITISH-CANADIAN COUPLE EXPERIENCE A ROUGH TIME OF IT WHILE CRUISING THEIR 27FT YACHT IN PATAGONIA
9 min |
June 2020
Yachting World
DOWN FOR THE COUNT
SKIP NOVAK PROVIDED LOGISTIC SUPPORT FOR AN AMBITIOUS SCIENTIFIC MISSION TO THE REMOTE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS ARCHIPELAGO OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
10+ min |
June 2020
Yachting World
ABSOLUTE ELEGANCE
THE TOFINOU 9.7’S BLEND OF MODERN DESIGN AND TIMELESS LOOKS CREATES INTOXICATING RESULTS
9 min |
June 2020
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS HOW TO CREATE A COHESIVE CREW
Round the world sailor DEE CAFFARI shares her advice on getting a team to gel with ANDY RICE
4 min |
June 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Preparing a 22-footer for Ocean Crossing
We bought this boat in 1980 as a deluxe model built by Hurley Marine in 1970.
4 min |
May - June 2020
Small Craft Advisor
SPOT, SPOT X, inReach, or PLB: Which One?
I like to row, and I even learned how to use a yuloh to move my Potter.
10+ min |