Small Craft Advisor
The Joy of it All
Choosing a Boat Design
10 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
OPENING DAY
Sitting hove-to in 30 knots of wind was not how I anticipated spending my opening day.
3 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
RECONSIDERING ROSIE'S RIG
It was a typical hot Mississippi day when I walked into the Ocean Springs Yacht Club to cool off. I had just spent two hours bent in half while working inside the cabin of my West Wight Potter 15. I was stiff and drenched in sweat but feeling proud of myself. I had just turned Rosie into a lateen-rigged catboat.
4 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
SHALLOW DRAFT
When we were kids, we had a cocker spaniel aboard during summer cruises. The dog apparently had a massive bladder, but we kids were happy to row her ashore when nature called. We thought boating with a pet was terrific…but did our folks have a voice in the matter?
3 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
TECH BIGHTS
Some fiberglass boats, like Boston Whaler skiffs and MacGregor power-sailers, are built with integral flotation foam between the inner and outer laminations. Roger MacGregor was willing to flood his water-ballasted boats just to prove that they would not sink—and you can still find his old sales videos if you want to see for yourself. (youtube.com/ watch?v=hemNdJmzQBo)
8 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
MAKING THE SWITCH
Following are some methods for adding a Lateen rig to a Potter 15. Most of the photos are of my boat, but some clever ideas from others are included as well.
3 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
FIVE QUESTIONS: Richard Woods
Sailing experience with Richard Woods
2 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
Core Sound Cruising
Hmmm. I’m in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a nifty camp-cruiser sailboat on a trailer. I have a daughter on a sailing lake in Michigan, and another daughter on Long Island Sound in Connecticut.
10+ min |
July - August 2021
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RACE IN LIGHT WINDS WITH TIDE
4 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
50 OF THE BEST BLUE WATER MULTIHULLS
TOBY HODGES AND FRANÇOIS TREGOUET CONSIDER THE TOP CATAMARAN AND TRIMARAN OPTIONS FOR SAILING THE OCEANS IN SPACIOUS COMFORT
10+ min |
September 2021
Yachting World
QUEEN OF THE SEAS
FROM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES TO A BRAND NEW KETCH DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE 21ST CENTURY, SAECWEN’S OWNER HAS CREATED A TRUE MODERN CLASSIC, AS NIC COMPTON FINDS OUT
10+ min |
September 2021
Yachting World
MASTER CLASS
PIP HARE ON HOW TO MAKE A 21ST CENTURY PILOTAGE PLAN
6 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
ALL ABOARD FOR THE RIDE
IMOCA 60S ARE DESIGNED FOR SOLO RACING, SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A FULL CREW ON BOARD TO RACE 2,000 MILES? MATTHEW SHEAHAN REPORTS
9 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS: SAM FORTESCUE ON THE HANSTAIGER X1
Imagine a boat that combines the aggressive loom of a Lamborghini with the controls of a fighter jet. Pop a rig on top, open the transom like the cargo door of a Chinook – oh, and bung a grand piano in one corner of the saloon.
8 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
TAKING THE HELM
A DRAMATIC BROACH IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN FOREWARNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR DAWN RILEY’S ALL-FEMALE WHITBREAD CREW
9 min |
September 2021
Yachting World
BEST FOR LAST
SAILING THE ATLANTIC FROM CAPE TOWN TO AZORES MARKED THE END OF AN EIGHT-YEAR CIRCUMNAVIGATION FOR DUTCH COUPLE WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS
10+ min |
September 2021
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 |