Practical Boat Owner
New Gear
Rupert Holmes gets an early look at the latest ideas
5 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Invitation to female offshore passagemakers
The adventure company 59° North Sailing has announced that it will now reserve two bunks for women on its offshore sailing passages.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
UK drops National Flagship plans
The Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment & Support has suspended the design procurement process for the new National Flagship.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Marine micro-organisms mission
Every day in every boatyard, marina and port the cleaning of hulls, slipways and marine infrastructure kills billions of marine micro-organisms – all vital for sustaining wildlife and the food chain all the way up to human beings.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Working boats for leisure
Strong and often cheap, retired working boats make good leisure vessels if you don’t mind fettling to repurpose them
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Rudder bother
You know something's up when you're going round in circles with the tiller straight ahead
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Changing times
Alasdair Kirkpatrick tells Ali Wood about narrowboat innovations including a fully accessible design plus hybrid and electric propulsion
5 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Azores and back THE SCENIC ROUTE
Phil Taylor dusts off the charts and turns a winter dream into reality after overhauling his Sabre 27 for a bluewater cruising adventure
10+ min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Slow boat through the mountains
James Wood discovers the joys and challenges of narrow boating in the Brecon Beacons
10+ min |
March 2023
Yachting World
ARC fleet rally to help dismasted yacht
Participants in the 2022 ARC transatlantic rally formed a ‘pipeline’ to refuel the Grand Soleil 54 Take Off after it was dismasted some 1,400 miles east of St Lucia.
4 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
120-knot ‘land yacht' record set
America's Cup sailor Glenn Ashby has set a new wind-powered land speed record of 222.4kmh (or 120 knots) in the Emirates Team New Zealandbuilt Horonuku.
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
New-look Ocean Race
MATTHEW SHEAHAN PREVIEWS THE OCEAN RACE, THE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE CREWED ROUND THE WORLD CONTEST
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
TROPHY HUNTER
THE FASTEST WOMAN AROUND THE WORLD, DONA BERTARELLI HAS SPENT 10 YEARS TRYING TO WIN THE JULES VERNE. HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT WHY
9 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
SKIP NOVAK
WHEN THINGS RUN THEIR NATURAL COURSE IT’S EVENTUALLY TIME TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THE HELM... SO SKIP IS DOING JUST THAT
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Mantus dinghy navlight
This looks like a handy tricolour light for use on a dinghy which could also double as an emergency navigation light.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
SHORT-HANDED SAILING
PIP HARE ON OUTSIDE GYBES
7 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON FLO
6 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
ALAN ROBERTS ON OFFSHORE PRIORITIES
4 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Cyclops Marine Wireless Load Pin
Over the past 15 years load sensing has changed from a technology in its infancy even on the latest IMOCA 60s to widespread use in fleets such as J/70s and two-handed racing in small offshore yachts
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
ePropulsion 1-20 electric inboard
propulsion’s I range of electric inboard motors for shaft drive boats is intended to be easy to fit on existing engine beds.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Secumar Furio
Watersports enthusiasts typically rely only on buoyancy aids, rather than full lifejackets that will support a casualty’s head above the water if they become unconscious.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Simarine Nereide 3
This digital switching brand is increasingly popular on new yachts and its third-generation product received a DAME nomination.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
TOUGH CONTEST
CONTEST YACHTS HAS CREATED A HULL WITH THE UNIQUE OPTION OF TWO DIFFERENT DECKS AND LAYOUTS. WE TESTED THE FIRST AFT HELM 49CS OVER TWO LIVELY DAYS
10+ min |
February 2023
Yachting World
EXCESS 14
CAN SPACIOUS PERFORMANCE CRUISING MULTIHULLS BE BUILT IN LARGE VOLUMES AT COMPETITIVE PRICES? EXCESS THINKS SO
7 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
BEST MATES
WHETHER YOU'RE STEPPING ABOARD SOMEONE ELSE’S YACHT, OR WANT A CO-SKIPPER’S SUPPORT ON YOURS, ELAINE BUNTING HAS KEY ADVICE ON HOW TO BE A VALUABLE FIRST MATE
10 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Ocean Signal rescueMe PLB3
What is it? The first compact MOB beacon to combine AIS and satellite technology
2 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Integrel Next Generation
What is it? A very high output alternator that can replace traditional generators, plus hybrid propulsion options
2 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Tour Voile back to its roots
The Tour de France à la Voile, the famous multistage crewed event which saw many legends of the sport cut their teeth in offshore racing, is returning to an offshore, coastal and inshore format in one-designs, moving to the Figaro Beneteau 3 for 2023.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Cup dates confirmed
Time to book a trip to Barcelona? Some - but not all of the key race dates for the 37th America's Cup in 2024 have been confirmed.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
MATT SHEAHAN
WE’RE USED TO FOILING BOATS BUT WHAT ABOUT CRAFT THAT FLY JUST ABOVE THE WATER? IT SEEMS GROUND EFFECT’ VESSELS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK
3 min |