Yachting World
NEW YACHTS
RUPERT HOLMES REPORTS ON INNOVATIVE CRUISERS AND THE LATEST FOILERS
7 min |
November 2021
Yachting World
NORDIC LEGENDS
THE BLEAKLY REMOTE FAROE ISLANDS WERE THE STUFF OF SAILING FAIRY TALES FOR KILA ZAMANA
10 min |
November 2021
Yachting World
WORLD'S COOLEST YACHTS
WE ASK TOP SAILORS AND MARINE INDUSTRY GURUS TO CHOOSE THE COOLEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE YACHTS OF OUR TIMES
1 min |
November 2021
Yachting World
ON THE WIND
NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WORLD OF YACHTING
10+ min |
November 2021
Yachting World
MATT SHEAHAN
CAN A NEW 30FT ONE-DESIGN REPEAT THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS OF THE CLASS 40 FLEET?
3 min |
November 2021
Yachting World
CARPE DIEM
OYSTER’S LATEST LAUNCH IS ITS FASTEST SELLING MODEL OF ALL TIME AS OWNERS FLOCK TO ‘SEIZE THE DAY’. AN OVERNIGHT TEST PROVES THE IDEAL CHANCE TO FIND OUT WHY
10+ min |
November 2021
Yachting World
A LIFE AT SEA
HELEN FRETTER TALKS TO THE DOYEN OF BLUEWATER CRUISING TO FIND OUT WHY, AFTER 46 YEARS OF SAILING, HE’S NO LONGER GOING TO SEA
10+ min |
November 2021
Yachting World
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
FACED WITH A FORCE 11 FORECAST OFF CAPE HORN, ANDREW HALCROW CONSIDERS AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION
9 min |
November 2021
Yachting World
Yachting – 5 Expert Tips
How to put together a winning team
4 min |
November 2021
Yachting World
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON PEN DUICK VI
8 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
HOW TO SAIL AWAY WITHOUT QUITTING YOUR LIFE: ADVICE FROM A COUPLE WHO’VE DONE IT. PATRICK AND SHEILA DIXON EXPLAIN HOW TO MAKE ‘HYBRID CRUISING’ WORK
10+ min |
October 2021
Yachting World
FASTNET RELOADED
THE ROLEX FASTNET RACE HAS LONG DEMANDED REAL RESPECT, BUT A CHANGE, OF COURSE, MADE THE 2021 EDITION A WHOLE NEW CHALLENGE, HELEN FRETTER REPORTS
10+ min |
October 2021
Yachting World
FINDING FLOW
A 350-MILE OFFSHORE ISN’T EVERYONE’S IDEA OF RELAXATION, BUT SWEDEN’S GOTLAND RUNT PROVED THE PERFECT TONIC FOR NIKKI HENDERSON
10 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
INTO THE WILDS
JESSICA ZEVALKINK AND LUKE YEATES SET FREE IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ WITH THEIR NEWLY RESTORED YACHT AND NEW BABY
9 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
THE SECRET WEAPON
WITH ITS LIFT KEEL OPTION, JEANNEAU’S SO410 HAS A POTENT TRUMP CARD: IT HAS THE DRAUGHT OF A CLASS 40, YET CAN ALSO NOSE INTO THE SHALLOWS. TOBY HODGES WAS INTRIGUED
6 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
HANGING ON
UPSIDE DOWN IN A SMALL CATAMARAN IN A NORTH SEA STORM, JOHN PASSMORE DISTRACTED HIMSELF BY FOCUSSING ON THE STORY
10 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
REDEFINING COMFORT
34 YEARS ON FROM ITS ORIGINAL 55, LAGOON SHOWS HOW MUCH CATAMARAN DESIGN HAS EVOLVED TOWARDS LOFT LIVING WITH A SEA VIEW FROM THE TERRACE. FRANÇOIS TREGOUET REPORTS
5 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
MASTERCLASS
Pip Hare on best practice crew communication
4 min |
October 2021
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RUN THE PIT
4 min |
October 2021
Small Craft Advisor
POTTER WITH A LATEEN RIG?
Our editor-at-large Larry Brown is 75 now…an increasingly ancient mariner. He’s sailed various Potters since the early 1990s.
4 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
Vintage Lightning
Reborn as a Camp-Cruiser
6 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
The Joy of it All
Choosing a Boat Design
10 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
OPENING DAY
Sitting hove-to in 30 knots of wind was not how I anticipated spending my opening day.
3 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
RECONSIDERING ROSIE'S RIG
It was a typical hot Mississippi day when I walked into the Ocean Springs Yacht Club to cool off. I had just spent two hours bent in half while working inside the cabin of my West Wight Potter 15. I was stiff and drenched in sweat but feeling proud of myself. I had just turned Rosie into a lateen-rigged catboat.
4 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
SHALLOW DRAFT
When we were kids, we had a cocker spaniel aboard during summer cruises. The dog apparently had a massive bladder, but we kids were happy to row her ashore when nature called. We thought boating with a pet was terrific…but did our folks have a voice in the matter?
3 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
TECH BIGHTS
Some fiberglass boats, like Boston Whaler skiffs and MacGregor power-sailers, are built with integral flotation foam between the inner and outer laminations. Roger MacGregor was willing to flood his water-ballasted boats just to prove that they would not sink—and you can still find his old sales videos if you want to see for yourself. (youtube.com/ watch?v=hemNdJmzQBo)
8 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
MAKING THE SWITCH
Following are some methods for adding a Lateen rig to a Potter 15. Most of the photos are of my boat, but some clever ideas from others are included as well.
3 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
FIVE QUESTIONS: Richard Woods
Sailing experience with Richard Woods
2 min |
July - August 2021
Small Craft Advisor
Core Sound Cruising
Hmmm. I’m in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a nifty camp-cruiser sailboat on a trailer. I have a daughter on a sailing lake in Michigan, and another daughter on Long Island Sound in Connecticut.
10+ min |
July - August 2021
Yachting World
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RACE IN LIGHT WINDS WITH TIDE
4 min |