Boating-Sailing
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 |
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
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
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
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
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
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON THE ACE 30
5 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO COME OUT AHEAD AT THE LEEWARD MARK
3 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
SHORT-HANDED SAILING
PIP HARE ON INSIDE GYBES
7 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
SPECIAL REPORT
HELEN FRETTER ON NEW MULTIHULLS IN THE ARC
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
NEW YACHTS
RACING, FAST CRUISING OR BOTH? TOBY HODGES LOOKS AT STRIKING OPTIONS
6 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
HANSE 460
THIS FIRST OF A NEW RANGE OF HANSES, FROM NEW DESIGNERS, IS ALREADY A BIG HIT, WITH OVER 200 SOLD AND A EUROPEAN YACHT OF THE YEAR WIN TO ITS NAME. DAVID HARDING REPORTS
5 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
BELLISSIMO BLEND
A SLEEK 50-FOOTER WITH COMFORT, REWARDING SAILING QUALITIES AND PERFORMANCE, PLUS EASY HANDLING
9 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
MAKING THE SWITOH
A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE CRUISING LIFE SET KATE ASHE-LEONARD ON COURSE FOR A FULL TRANSOCEAN LIVEABOARD ADVENTURE
9 min |
January 2023
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THE IMOCA DESIGN RACE
RUPERT HOLMES TAKES A LOOK AT THE OFFSHORE CLASS EVOLUTION
3 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
ATLANTIC CHARGE
THE SINGLE-HANDED ROUTE DU RHUM IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUT MOST ADORED OFFSHORE RACES IN THE WORLD. THIS YEAR WAS A RECORD-BREAKER IN EVERY SENSE, AS HELEN FRETTER REPORTS
9 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
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
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
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
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
Mike Birch 1931-2022
One of offshore racing's most celebrated skippers, Mike Birch, has died aged 90.
2 min |
January 2023
Yachting World
Wearing a lifejacket 'not a personal decision'?
A report into the death of a sailor during the Newport Bermuda Race last year, has reopened the debate of whether wearing a lifejacket is a matter of personal choice.
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
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.
1 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.
1 min |
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 |