SUP International
Desire Lines
We were on the outskirts of Helsinki, scouting a new destination for our sup camps. Just 45 minutes’ drive from the city, the untouched nature of the Nuuksio National Park stretched out before us. Mirror-smooth lakes, wild herbs and an impressive fauna waiting to be explored over on board or on foot via the many desire lines made by the land mammals.
4 min |
Issue 27 - Spring 2020
SUP International
Magical. Mystical. Epic.
Alexandra is a club ambassador and SUP racer for Bray Lake; relatively new to the SUP scene she completed her first race season in 2019. She participated in her first international event, the Gla Gla, 2020, and placed 1st Brit, 8th lady and 81st overall, out of a mass start of 637 paddlers. Here she shares the highlights of her first Gla Gla experience.
5 min |
Issue 27 - Spring 2020
SUP International
Green Medicine
As a keen outdoorsman and busy GP, Paul Sampson has come pretty close to attaining the mercurial work-balance. When not busy with his patients, he can be found hiking, climbing, paddle boarding, wild swimming… anything that gets him outside soaking up the great outdoors and reconnecting with nature in the beautiful South of Cornwall.
3 min |
Issue 27 - Spring 2020
SUP International
Depth Charge
Many of us have are staying away from the beach for a while, some are confined to our homes, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still train for the surf. If you try the following for just one week you’ll see results, never mind three months…
3 min |
Issue 27 - Spring 2020
SUP International
Cold Gold
For many UK paddle surfers, the end of November signals the final days of their season; it’s just too cold, there’s literally not enough hours in the day, the storms and swell size are beyond reasonable abilities or there’s simply not the desire to travel to find somewhere less daunting than the closed-out local beach break.
3 min |
Issue 27 - Spring 2020
SUP International
Bliue Thunder - Backside turns.
In an ideal world, all waves would peel right for hundreds of meters towards the beach where a nice strong rip would take you back to the lineup. However in the world we live in they don’t and most beach breaks provide entertainment in the form of lefts, rights and straight-handers dumping on the beach.
3 min |
Issue 27 - Spring 2020
SUP International
A Quiet Union
Once, it was the perennial question: where do you go for warm, quiet waves and a cool beer afterwards without locals regarding you as a walking ATM? We don’t even ask anymore, we accept that anywhere that fits the criteria had its day in the distant past. However, eight years ago Jeremie Tronet created a practical answer to this question and developed his own corner of paradise – the JT Pro Centre – on the south shore of a delightful speck of sand, coral and palm trees sitting in the Caribbean Sea…
7 min |
Issue 27 - Spring 2020
Sailing Today
New sensation
The Excess 15 is a yacht hoping to bring some of the fun back into multihull sailing. Sam Jefferson discovers whether the new boat strikes the right balance between fun and function
7 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
Striking the perfect balance
Nautitech has prided itself on offering a great blend of comfort and performance, and its new N46 Open looks to keep up the good work, as Sam Jefferson discovers
7 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
Marque of respect
Mike Taylor talks to Kit and Jess Rogers of Jeremy Rogers Ltd about Contessa Yachts and the enviable but delicate task of managing a reputation
7 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
Tom Cunliffe
Anyone who believes that sailing is a peaceful pursuit needs to have their head seen to and ears syringed
6 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
It looks like rain
One of the great joys - and occasionally trials - of life afloat is that you are much more attuned and in harmony with the elements, as Jess Lloyd-Mostyn notes
3 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
Meteotsunamis
We all know what a tsunami is, but what on earth is a meteotsunami? William Thomson sheds some light on this unusual and alarming phenomenon
4 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
How great Thau art
The Étang de Thau is on the Mediterranean coast of France, yet it feels a million miles from the glitzy Cote d’Azur as Sam Jefferson explains
3 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
Balearic beats
Tony and Sarah Boas arrived in the Mediterranean intending to spend a season exploring the Balearic Islands, but wound up staying for eight years...
7 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
Paul Heiney
That magic moment your boat is lowered back into the water at the beginning of the season should always be cherished. Yet it can be followed by a certain feeling of unease at the jobs left undone
4 min |
May 2020
Sailing Today
Around Britain-top ten tips
Premier Sailing’s Robert Stracey shares his experience of what he says is, for most, a totally achievable cruise
9 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
STAGNES, ISLES OF SCILLY
Dag Pike explores one of the gems of the Isles of Scilly, discovering wildlife and gastronomic delights
2 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
OSTAR 60 & STILL GOING STRONG
Blondie Hasler’s biographer Ewen Southby-Tailyour looks at the origins of the Corinthian race and its enduring legacy
6 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
‘A putrid smell of burnt oil, fuel and resin...'
When a neighbouring yacht caught fire Michael Roberts’ beloved Tern didn’t stand a chance. Here he recounts the devastating scene awaiting him...
3 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
HOME WATERS MAGICAL MULL
Wildlife encounters, unrivalled scenery and challenging pilotage await Brian Black as he circumnavigates the second largest island in the Inner Herbrides
7 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
FIRST TEST BTC-22
As the first sporty 22-footer we have seen from a British builder in a long time, the BTC-22 is set to fill a significant gap in the market
5 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
PIERRE HUGLO - A LONELY WILD VOYAGE
Pierre Huglo took 221 days to race his engineless Contessa 32 round the world non-stop and single-handed. He told Jessie Rogers why he can’t wait to return
6 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
A WEEK AFLOAT THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
Lu Heikell discovers picturesque anchorages and buzzing cultural hubs while sailing between Toulon, Marseille and St. Tropez
5 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
PACIFIC SEACRAFT 40
Double-enders might not be fashionable, but they make excellent seaboats for long-term cruising, as Duncan Kent discovers...
5 min |
May 2020
Yachting Monthly
12 Anchoring Problems Solved
Yachting Monthly's experts share the problems they have most often faced when anchoring, and how they troubleshoot their way out
10+ min |
May 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
YOUR MBY
HAVE YOUR SAY IN PRINT AND ONLINE
4 min |
April 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
THE BOATAHOLIC
Nick Burnham: “The drop bolster seat cossets you, the view down the foredeck arouses you, and under your right palm, three shifters and three throttles”
2 min |
April 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
SUNSEEKER PREDATOR 60 EVO
How do you follow the success of the award-winning Predator 57? We put the replacement through its paces to find out
7 min |
April 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
NEW BEGINNINGS
A new berth in Preveza sets up Venture II and her owners for a summer of exploration in Greece
3 min |