Sailing Today
Andy Rice
Racing and regattas may be in short supply at the moment but that doesn’t mean you have to stop learning and improving. Just ask Kiwi dinghy racing legend, Hamish Willcox
4 min |
January 2021
Sailing Today
Andi Robertson
Things have moved on since the first Vendée Globe in 1989, but the French flavour of this epic race will never change
3 min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
Winter project
Jim Pottinger spent the winter months restoring a sorry looking Dell Quay Fisher to her former glory
6 min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
Stop the boat!
Gilbert Park installs a wireless kill cord on his planing sports cruiser
4 min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
Practical motorboating
Powerboating has rarely been more affordable or more popular. Jake Kavanagh has some top tips for beginners and old hands
10+ min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
The night the hurricane hit
Roger Hughes prepares his schooner for 150mph winds
10+ min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
Floating in air
Rupert Holmes explains some essential weather knowledge to help interpret forecasts on the water
10+ min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
DIY navigation lights upgraded with LEDs
Roger Hughes upgrades his 42-year-old navigation lights with LED lamp replacements and is delighted with the result
4 min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
Capsize off Vementry
Marsali Taylor remembers how she came to grief through going too far out in a small dinghy
10+ min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
Know your boat by numbers
Øyvind Bordal explains how form stability and polar diagrams can help you choose the right boat for your kind of sailing
8 min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
200 islands in a dinghy
Ken Fowler sets sail on a unique challenge to round all the islands of England and Wales, and learns some intriguing history along the way
10+ min |
January 2021
Practical Boat Owner
Liveaboards In Autumn
Hermione Pattison’s family make the most of the Chesapeake before winter draws in
5 min |
January 2021
Classic Boat
Winston Megoran THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK COVER
For more than 30 years, illustrator Winston Megoran produced countless paintings and etchings of the sea and boats. This brilliant and diverse self-taught artist also created a wealth of book jackets that have made his work, if not his name, famous
10+ min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
YARD VISIT: SPIRIT YACHTS GREEN SPIRIT
James Bond, the electric age, and a new dayboat model
5 min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
WEEKEND WARRIOR
The PTS26 motor launch, built in Holland but inspired by Swede CG Pettersson, is so popular that it’s changing the market
8 min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
STRANDED IN PATAGONIA
When the barque Europa found herself stranded in Ushuaia by the pandemic, there was nothing for it but to sail the 10,000 miles home to Holland in one leg
9 min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
LUGGER OF LOOE
After a long life fishing under motor, the Looe Lugger Our Daddy is back to full lug rig for the first time in seven decades
10+ min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
BOSUN'S BAG
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
4 min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
Colin Archer and the Blue Nile
Clare McComb on the failed first descent that produced Archer’s most unusual design
3 min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
DICK WYNNE Getting the word out
It may not be his day job, but Dick Wynne’s Lodestar has made a big impact in marine publishing in its first decade
4 min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
ANDRILLOT RETURN OF THE FIRST VERTUE
After many years of father-and-son cruising, the first ever of the legendary class has been restored, again for a father and son
10+ min |
December 2020
Classic Boat
Choose Your Project Well
A well-meaning friend nearly bites off a project too big
3 min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
Double ambitions
Giles Scott’s goal to win the Olympics and America’s Cup in the same year remains on track, despite a blip at the recent Finn Europeans…
4 min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
The Wild West
In the last of our series celebrating coastal ports and places around Britain and Ireland, Yacht Nova sails through the fierce tides of the Bristol Channel, visits Lundy Island, and gets help from the coastguard to deal with a medical emergency
9 min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
Tom Cunliffe
Winter is upon us and minds turn to our bookshelves as armchair sailors try to keep voyaging. Meanwhile, at sea, Tom rediscovers an old classic
6 min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
Skeleton crew
Cruising the west coast of Africa would be an adventure into the unknown for most. Nick and Jenny Coghlan share an insight on a voyage along Namibia’s Skeleton Coast
7 min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
Some Scandi talking
Sam Fortescue escapes lockdown to explore Scandinavia with his family.
10+ min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
SAILING THE WORLD
Dick Beaumont spells out what you won’t find in the almanac
6 min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
PADSTOW HARBOUR - CORNWALL 50 33' N 004 56' W
Don’t let the infamous Doom Bar deter you from visiting this bustling port on the north coast of Cornwall.
6 min |
December 2020
Sailing Today
Grand designs
Elan Yachts has teamed up with Studio F.A. Porsche in order to produce the ultimate grand tourer. Sam Jefferson steps aboard the new GT6 to find out just how stylish performance cruising really can be
9 min |