TURN UP THE VOLUME

DUFOUR HAS JUST CHANGED THE GAME WITH HOW MUCH BOAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO GET IN A 40-FOOTER BUT IS THAT A GOOD THING?

PLUS ÇA CHANGE

THE 2023 EDITION OF THE OCEAN RACE WAS ALL CHANGE FOR THIS HISTORIC EVENT. HELEN FRETTER GETS THE INSIDE STORY FROM THE TEAMS AT THE FINISH IN GENOA

LIVING HISTORY

A NEW REGATTA FOR CLASSIC YACHTS AIMS TO RECREATE THE FAMOUS ERA OF THE BRITISH 'BIG CLASS'. DAN HOUSTON JOINS THE RICHARD MILLE CUP

LAND SOF FOUR KINGS

A YEAR CRUISING INDONESIA IS A CHANCE TO EXPLORE DESERTED ISLANDS AND UNFORGETTABLE UNDERWATER LIFE FOR CATHERINE LAWSON

NIKKI HENDERSON

SPINNAKER SAILING SHOULD BE SOMETHING YOU LEARN FROM THE VERY START

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AMBITIOUS CHANGES, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

A full-on 50th Fastnet Race

Saturday 22 July dealt up a wild start for the record entry 430 yachts taking part in the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race

MULTIPLE СНОIСЕ

GETTING A MULTIHULL READY FOR A BIG BLUEWATER ADVENTURE REQUIRES THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT CHOICE AND SPEC LEVEL. WE GET REAL-LIFE ADVICE ON HOW TO PRIORITISE

5 EXPERT TIPS

ROBERT STANJEK ON TACKING

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

SEAN MCNEILL ON MALIZIA-SEAEXPLORER

SPECIAL REPORT

ANNABEL FINDING ON CRUISING IN TÜRKIYE

GEAR FOCUS

TAKING THE OIL OUT OF OILIES: SAM FORTESCUE ON ECO FOULIES

SWAN STYLE

CAN A MODERN FAST CRUISER BE ALL THINGS TO ALL PEOPLE? TOBY HODGES TRIALLED THE FIRST SWAN 55 TO FIND OUT IF NAUTOR'S DECADES OF EXPERIENCE CAN ACHIEVE SUCH A FEAT

VOYAGE OF THE AEGRE

A YOUNG COUPLE SURVIVES A SEEMINGLY HOPELESS SITUATION WHEN THEIR 21FT CLINKER YACHT IS ROLLED MID-PACIFIC

CALLING THE SHOTS

TERRY HUTCHINSON IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST TACTICIANS, BUT HE'S YET TO ACHIEVE HIS ULTIMATE AMBITION. SEAN MCNEILL FINDS OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO CALL THE SHOTS AT THE TOP

CITY OF WATER

PHIL AND ROXY JOHNSON ENJOY A MEMORABLE CRUISE TO VENICE, EXPLORING THE ‘CITY OF LOVE’ BY BOAT

MAKING A BREAK FOR IT

WANT TO SAIL AROUND THE WORLD WITHOUT RETIRING? MAX GOODMAN AND CHARLOTTE BRANNSTROM ON HOW THEY ACHIEVED THEIR DREAM AS ‘CAREER BREAK’ CRUISERS

SHAKING UP THE INDUSTRY

THE BIGGEST TRANSFORMATION OF BOATBUILDING - AND THE WIDER MARINE INDUSTRY IN OUR LIFETIME IS UNDER WAY, WITH THE DRIVE TO ELIMINATE CARBON EMISSIONS AND USE COMPOSITES TH THAT CAN BE RECYCLED INTO A NEW BOAT. RUPERT HOLMES VISITS THOSE YARDS SPEARHEADING THE CHANGE

ITALIA YACHTS 12.98

ITALIA YACHTS HAS SUCCEDED WITH ITS SMALLER DESIGNS, BUT IS THERE ROOM FOR YET ANOTHER PREMIUM BRAND IN THE 40-45FT CRUISER-RACER SECTOR?

LONE STAR

AS WINNER OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE, KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A SOLO AROUND THE WORLD RACE. HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT WHAT DRIVES HER

EVE IN EDEN

A 7,000-MILE PASSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA TO THE SEYCHELLES VIA BALI ABOARD A CLASSIC SWAN 65 WAS A TROPICAL ADVENTURE FOR MEG NIBLETT

IT TAKES TWO

THE DOUBLE-HANDED GLOBE 40 TEAMS POWERED AROUND THE WORLD OVER EIGHT LEGS IN JUST NINE MONTHS. RUPERT HOLMES DISCOVERS WHAT CRUISERS CAN LEARN FROM THEIR TOUGH CIRCUMNAVIGATION

ATLANTIC CON AUTO

OVER 250 TRANSATLANTIC SKIPPERS FROM THE MOST RECENT ARC FLEET REPORT BACK ON THE EFFICACY AND RELIABILITY OF THEIR SELF-STEERING AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY EQUIPMENT

Starlink changes for cruisers

Starlink, Elon Musk’s low orbit satellite network, has shaken up its offering for cruising sailors using its portable dish for broadband internet at sea

America's Cup Saudi controversy

America’s Cup organisers have announced that the second preliminary regatta for the 37th America’s Cup cycle will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 30 November–3 December 2023

Three finish Golden Globe Race

South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer won the 2022/23 Golden Globe Race on 27 April, becoming the first woman ever to win a solo non-stop around the world race

SHORT-HANDED SAILING

PIP HARE ON TACKING

5 EXPERT TIPS

FRANCESCA CLAPCICH ON ASYMMETRIC SAIL TRIM

TESTED: ELAN E6 & LAGOON 51

We sail the Elan E6 performance cruiser monohull and the spacious, surprisingly speedy Lagoon 51 catamaran

A BIRD IN HAND

YOUNG BRETON SAILOR GUIREC SOUDÉE AND HIS FAMOUS RED HEN, MONIQUE, RIDE OUT CHRISTMAS ICE-BOUND IN GREENLAND