Yachting World
Lively start for ARC rally
The 37th ARC rally set sail on Sunday 20 November in lively conditions including a 1.5m swell and 18-20 knot north-easterlies, making for a white sail reaching start for the 143-boat fleet.
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January 2023
Yachting World
Golden Globe skipper rescued
Finnish solo skipper Tapio Lehtinen was rescued by fellow Golden Globe Race competitor Kirsten Neuschäfer after Lehtinen’s boat sank “in minutes” and he spent over 24 hours adrift in the southern Indian Ocean.
4 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
Orcas sink yacht off Portugal
An ‘attack’ by a pod of orcas has caused a cruising yacht to sink, the second this year.
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January 2023
Yachting World
Peter de Savary 1944-2022
Peter de Savary, who led the British America’s Cup team in their 1983 campaign, has died at the age of 78.
1 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
COURAGE OF YOUTH
A TALE OF FOUR SCHOOLBOYS ON AN ADVENTUROUS TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING THAT'S ENOUGH TO TURN ANY PARENT’S HAIR GREY
8 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
RESURGENT HENRI-LLOYD
Just in time for its 60th Anniversary, this British brand has big news and plenty of fresh products.
1 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
NEW GEAR
GENNAKER AND WATERPROOFS ON TEST, PLUS LATEST GEAR REVIEWED
2 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
Innovative PLB wins DAME award
British company Ocean Signal scooped the overall DAME design award, the marine industry’s largest equipment prize, for its rescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon (PLB).
1 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
MATT SHEAHAN
SOLO OCEAN RACERS MIGHT BE SUPERHUMAN THOUGH THEY’D HAVE US BELIEVE THEIR EXPLOITS ARE ALL PERFECTLY REASONABLE
3 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
SKIP NOVAK
HAVING WATCHED A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN VICTORY IN THE 1983 AMERICA’S CUP, COULD THE LATEST CHAPTER POSSIBLY RIVAL IT?
3 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
ΤΗΕ HIDDEN BALTIC
FROM POPULAR SCANDINAVIAN WATERS, TO OFF-THEBEATEN-TRACK EASTERN GEMS, WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS SHARE SIX GREAT BALTIC CRUISES
10+ min |
January 2023
Yachting World
CURIOUS GENIUS
PETE GOSS HAS SAILED MORE DIFFERENT YACHTS THAN MOST OF US COULD IMAGINE, BUT IT’S A HOME-BUILT 32FT GAFFER THAT IS HIS CHEF-D’OEUVRE, AS ELAINE BUNTING FINDS OUT
10+ min |
January 2023
Yachting World
NEW YACHTS
RACING, FAST CRUISING OR BOTH? TOBY HODGES LOOKS AT STRIKING OPTIONS
6 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO COME OUT AHEAD AT THE LEEWARD MARK
3 min |
January 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Would you cross an ocean in this?
Andrew Bedwell is preparing a world record attempt to cross the Atlantic in a 3ft 10in boat Ali Wood meets him at Southampton Boat Show
5 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
As darkness falls
Mike Humphreys risks grounding his Halcyon 23 in fading light to assist two teenagers stuggling with a capsized dinghy
8 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Bigger Luggers
Designed to be a safe family boat for coastal trios, the Drascombe and Devon Luggers have taken intrepid sailors on some long sea passages
5 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A flood of costs and a trickle of cash
Andy Pag attempts to rebuild a Spectra watermaker on a budget
7 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Dufour 32
Peter Poland reports on the new 32-footer that reflects the many changes made down the years in the designs and dimensions of production cruising yachts
8 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A buoyant boat market?
Peter Poland assesses how new boats at the Southampton International Boat Show reflect the current state of the sail and power markets
10+ min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Post-Covid cruising in Greece
After two and a half years John Woolf returns to his Carambola 38 in Greece and spends three weeks getting her seaworthy again
6 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A confusion of Daves
If in any doubt, just shout \"No, Dave!\"
3 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Sail souvenirs
Reaching down memory lane in the Big Shed
3 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A magical day
Looking back over the year, one very special sail stands out: the day of the dolphins
3 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A yacht called Alice
Nicholas Bielby had always had a yen for steel-hulled yachts, so when the opportunity came up to own one that had survived being hit by a tanker, he couldn't resist developing her as a comfortable, family cruiser
7 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
Time, tide and the Thames
Unlike Arthur Ransome’s story, Trevor Cherrett really did mean to take his boat to sea but it didn't quite work out that way
9 min |
December 2022
Practical Boat Owner
A cruise on the French Riviera
Owen Moorhouse leaves the wilds of the New South Wales coastline to explore from Nice to Grimaud and back in a borrowed Jeanneau 33
6 min |
December 2022
Yachting World
SMART THINKING
FROM BREAKING RECORDS ON THE WATER TO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS OFF IT, STAN HONEY'S STELLAR CAREER IS UNRIVALLED. SEAN MCNEILL CHATS TO THE SMARTEST MAN IN YACHTING
10 min |
October 2022
Yachting World
WONDER WINGSAILS
DO SUPERYACHT DESIGNERS HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THE FUTURE OF EFFICIENT SAILING AND SHIPPING? MARK CHISNELL REPORTS ON WHY VARIANTS OF THE WINGSAIL COULD BE COMING TO AN OCEAN NEAR YOU
10+ min |
October 2022
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
HELEN FRETTER ON RUNNING TIDE
8 min |