Boating-Sailing
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT: HELEN FRETTER ON ORCA ‘ATTACKS' ON YACHTS
The first signs that something odd was taking place came in July 2020. After the strangest start to a summer any of us can remember, just as Europe began to open up to sailing once again, there were reports from Gibraltar and the Spanish Atlantic coast of orcas apparently attacking yachts.
9 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
THE MAGIC NUMBER
CAN’T DECIDE BETWEEN A MONOHULL AND A CATAMARAN? THE SURPRISING TRUTH IS THAT A FAST CRUISING TRIMARAN COULD BE THE IDEAL SOLUTION
10 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
SIZEABLE GAINS
BY REPURPOSING AN EXISTING HULL DESIGN, HAS BENETEAU JUST REINVENTED THE 55-FOOTER?
10+ min |
August 2021
Yachting World
DOUBLE THE FUN
DOUBLE-HANDED RACING HAS BEEN THE STAND-OUT SUCCESS STORY OF RECENT YEARS. JAMES BOYD FINDS OUT WHY IT’S SO POPULAR
10+ min |
August 2021
Yachting World
WORKING THE BARGES
JIM LAWRENCE’S TALES OF LIFE ABOARD THAMES BARGES EVOKE A FORGOTTEN WORLD RICH IN SEAMANSHIP SKILLS AND CAMARADERIE
9 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
NEW YACHT
PERFORMANCE AND EXPLORATION YACHTS PIQUE RUPERT HOLMES’ INTEREST
9 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT
PHIL JOHNSON ON WORKING FROM YOUR YACHT
9 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
CARIBBEAN WARMTH
MAX CAMPBELL AND THE CREW OF ELIXIR RECEIVED A GENEROUS WELCOME WHEN THEY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC TO THE GRENADINES
10 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
First event for new Ocean Race format
The first event run by the new organisers of the former Volvo Ocean Race, the Ocean Race Europe, finished in Genova this June. The Ocean Race Europe started on 29 May in Lorient, France, with stopovers in Cascais, Portugal, and Alicante, Spain before finishing in Italy.
1 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
BUILT FOR BATTLE
IS THE NEW PELAGIC 77 THE ULTIMATE EXPEDITION YACHT? ELAINE BUNTING SAILED WITH SKIP NOVAK TO FIND OUT
10+ min |
August 2021
Yachting World
Corinthians make ‘NOSTAR' transat
Following the postponement of this year’s OSTAR and TwoSTAR transatlantic races to 2022, a small group of determined solo and doublehanded skippers set off on their own transatlantic challenge in May.
2 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO GET OFFSHORE RACE READY
4 min |
August 2021
Yachting World
GILES SCOTT
GILES SCOTT IS ONE OF BRITISH SAILING’S BIGGEST TALENTS AND WAS A BREAK-OUT STAR OF THE 36TH AMERICA’S CUP, BUT CAN HE DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD? HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT
10 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEMS AT SEA
4 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
BACK ON TRACK
SUPERYACHT RACING IN ALL ITS GLAMOUR LOOKS SET TO RETURN THIS JUNE FOR EUROPE’S LONGEST RUNNING SUPERYACHT REGATTA, WRITES TOBY HODGES
6 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
DESIGNED TO THRILL
WITH THIS FAST CRUISING 44 COMBINING WICKED PACE, FIRST CLASS HANDLING AND COMFORT, HAS THE INNOVATIVE FRENCH YARD PRODUCED THE MOST REFINED POGO YET?
10 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
THE FUTURE OF POWER
IS HYDROGEN CLOSE TO BECOMING A GREEN POWER SOURCE FOR SUPERYACHTS? SAM FORTESCUE INVESTIGATES
9 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
A CHANCE TO LINGER
AFTER SIX YEARS OF BLUEWATER CRUISING, TERYSA VANDERLOO AND PARTNER NICK FABBRI ENJOYED A SLOW CRUISE THROUGH BRITTANY ON THEIR FINAL PASSAGE HOME
10 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
A SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE
SELLING UP AND SAILING FROM SCANDINAVIA TO THE BIG APPLE WAS A GAMBLE WORTH TAKING FOR CARSTEN AND VINNI BREUNING
8 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
SO YOU WANT TO RACE AROUND THE WORLD?
AROUND THE WORLD RACING IS BOOMING, WITH SIX NEW PRO-AM EVENTS SET TO BRING THE ULTIMATE SAILING FEAT WITHIN AFFORDABLE REACH. ELAINE BUNTING INVESTIGATES
10+ min |
July 2021
Yachting World
NEW YACHTS
A RANGE OF HOT PERFORMANCE BOATS FOR THE SUMMER
6 min |
July 2021
Yachting World
WORK AND PLEASURE
PELLEW IS THE LARGEST FALMOUTH PILOT CUTTER LAUNCHED IN BRITAIN FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS, BUT REPRESENTS SOMETHING EVEN GREATER, AS JAMES STEWART DISCOVERS
10+ min |
July 2021
Yachting World
WATER WATER EVERYWHERE
HOW TO STOW, CONSERVE OR GENERATE DRINKING WATER IS KEY FOR ANY OFFSHORE SAILOR. TOBY HODGES SURVEYED THE 81 SKIPPERS OF THE ARC 2020 FLEET FOR TIPS
10+ min |
June 2021
Yachting World
GEAR FOCUS
RUPERT HOLMES & TOBY HODGES COOK UP MEALS USEFUL IN A STORM
10 min |
June 2021
Yachting World
VIBRANT ISLES
THE AZORES ARE MORE THAN JUST A MID-OCEAN RESPITE SPOT, THEY’RE AN APPEALING CRUISING DESTINATION IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, AS KILA ZAMANA EXPLAINS
10+ min |
June 2021
Yachting World
NEW YACHTS
RUPERT HOLMES ON THE WORLD’S FASTEST DAYSAILER AND A NEW OYSTER
6 min |
June 2021
Yachting World
PRACTICAL
ENERGY OBSERVER • CROSSING THE NORTH SEA • HANDLE BIG BREEZE UPWIND
6 min |
June 2021
Yachting World
IN THE WAKE OF VIKINGS
CAN YOU TACKLE A NORTHERLY ATLANTIC CROSSING – THE LEGENDARY ‘VIKING’ ROUTE – IN A STANDARD BLUEWATER CRUISER? SAM FORTESCUE MEETS AN OWNER WHO DID JUST THAT
8 min |
June 2021
Yachting World
INTO OBLIVION
A SOLO VOYAGE VIA THE THREE GREAT SOUTHERN OCEAN CAPES IN A 32-FOOTER PROVES TESTING FOR JEROME RAND
9 min |
June 2021
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
FRANÇOIS TREGOUET ON ENERGY OBSERVER
6 min |