Yachting World
Show season curtailed
Sailors wanting to see this season’s new launches and latest equipment will have to contend with reduced shows and private viewings.
2 min |
October 2020
Yachting World
NAVIGATION BRIEFING
CHRIS TIBBS ON SAILING FROM CAPE TOWN TO EUROPE
6 min |
October 2020
Yachting World
CREATIVE SPIRIT
A TECHNICAL MASTERPIECE OR A PIECE OF ART? THE NEW SPIRIT 111 IS SOMEHOW BOTH, AND IS ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE LARGE YACHTS TOBY HODGES HAS EVER SAILED
10+ min |
October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Simple DIY Jam Cleats
Legend has it that Einstein once said “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” In truth, the quote isn’t actually Einstein’s, but he did agree with it. And so do I, especially when it comes to jam cleats.
2 min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
The P7 Gig: Return of a Legend
My story begins in 2016, when I left for a westward crossing of the Atlantic aboard my self-made, 5-meter-long (16.4') plywood boat Still crazy. The three-month voyage to the Caribbean messed with my head and, to be honest, I still haven’t gotten over it.
4 min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Sailing with Colly
Sailing the bays of Texas is not exactly crystal clear water, gentle breezes and sugar-white beaches.
4 min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Nootka Sound
I designed and built my 18-foot sail and-oar boat, Fire-Drake, with a major adventure in mind—rowing and sailing British Columbia’s Inside Passage in 2016 and 2017.
10+ min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Dancing on the Water
Exploring the Salish Sea by Oar and Paddle
7 min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
SLOT CANYONS & STARRY SKIES
This adventure, like many good ones, began with a last-minute change of plans.
7 min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Dunlin: An Experimental Peapod
A brief row in a 13-foot peapod during one of our local small-boat gatherings inspired me to design and build a small cruiser.
10+ min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
READER BOAT: Sovereign 18 called Slowmotion
Sometimes the boat you get is one you’d never heard of.
4 min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Boat Review: Com-Pac 19 (Revisited)
Twenty years later we take another look at the still popular Com-Pac 19 sailboat
10+ min |
September - October 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Alternative Rigs for Multihulls
I’ve posted some brief notes about multihull rigs on the “Useful Articles” pages of my website, www.sailingcatamarans. com. There, in the “Different Design Features” section, I explain why the sensible choice for multihulls is the single-mast Bermudian rig, either masthead or fractional rig.
4 min |
September - October 2020
Yachting World
PLEASURE ISLANDS
HOLIDAY HOMES, RESTAURANTS, EVEN CITIES MAY SOON BE COMING TO A QUIET BEACH OR HARBOUR NEAR YOU, REPORTS SAM FORTESCUE
7 min |
September 2020
Yachting World
ON THE LIMIT
THIS YEAR’S VENDÉE GLOBE IS A RACE FOR FUTURISTIC FLYING MACHINES. HELEN FRETTER AND ANDI ROBERTSON TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
10+ min |
September 2020
Yachting World
MASTER YOUR MAINSAIL
KNOWING HOW TO SET UP A MULTIHULL’S MAINSAIL IS CRUCIAL. BRIAN THOMPSON, ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED MULTIHULL SAILORS, SHARES HIS TIPS
10+ min |
September 2020
Yachting World
CLASS ACT
CRUISING WITH THEIR CHILDREN ALLOWED RALF AND DINA SCHLAEPFER TO FULFIL THEIR PACIFIC DREAMS, ALTHOUGH SET LESSONS WERE OVERTAKEN BY THE SCHOOL OF ADVENTURE
9 min |
September 2020
Yachting World
MAIDEN VOYAGE
SINGLE-HANDED SAILOR TREVOR ROBERTSON DESCRIBES A MAIDEN VOYAGE FROM FLORIDA TO MARTINIQUE IN A NEWLY PURCHASED 38-FOOTER
10 min |
September 2020
Yachting World
SPACE DISCOVERY
BRITISH BRAND DISCOVERY IS ONE OF THE FEW MONOHULL YARDS TO BUILD CATAMARANS. COULD THE BLUEWATER 50 BE ONE FOR MONOHULL PURISTS?
9 min |
September 2020
Yachting World
TAKING CONTROL
HOW MODERN AUTOPILOTS CAN BE YOUR BEST HELMSMAN, BY MATTHEW SHEAHAN
9 min |
September 2020
Yachting World
CALEDONIAN BLUES
JANNEKE KUYSTERS AND WIETZE VAN DER LAAN ARE CAPTIVATED BY THE PACIFIC ISLANDS OF NEW CALEDONIA
7 min |
September 2020
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO MAKE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OFFSHORE
4 min |
September 2020
Yachting World
A SMOOTH NEW START
PRIVILÈGE IS RENEWING ITS RANGE UNDER HANSE, STARTING WITH THIS 50-FOOTER. FRANÇOIS TREGOUET REPORTS
3 min |
September 2020
Small Craft Advisor
SMALL BOAT CRUISE: Waldo Lake, Oregon
I decided to go to Waldo Lake, in the mountains east of Eugene, Oregon in mid-September, hoping to be on the water from Friday through the following Tuesday or Wednesday. Having been to Waldo five times in June and once in early August. I wanted to feel the nighttime chill announcing the coming winter, and be both grateful for it and fortified against it, in my winter sleeping bag. I wanted to watch the long and early shadows of Autumn seizing the forest in the afternoon.
8 min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
Small-Boat Gear
XPL EXPLORE MORE
3 min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
SHALLOW DRAFT
It is early May and, like many of you, we’re thinking about life in a challenging time—about gains, losses and what might come next.
3 min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
SAFE AND SIMPLE
Changing rigs extended this sailor’s time on the water
6 min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
S-CAMPING
Glenn Tripp on building a bunk
1 min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
RESTORATION
The true cost of bringing and old boat back to life
10+ min |
July - August 2020
Small Craft Advisor
READER BOAT: A Drake 13 called Grebe
I have always wanted to build a sharpie. For me they are archetypal—like a boat from some dream. And mine is a very specific dream: sitting low in the cockpit on a sunny, breezy day, sailing on starboard tack, tiller and sheet in hand, just cruisin’ along in my beautiful little sharpie.
6 min |