5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO RACE IN LIGHT WINDS WITH TIDE

50 OF THE BEST BLUE WATER MULTIHULLS

TOBY HODGES AND FRANÇOIS TREGOUET CONSIDER THE TOP CATAMARAN AND TRIMARAN OPTIONS FOR SAILING THE OCEANS IN SPACIOUS COMFORT

QUEEN OF THE SEAS

FROM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES TO A BRAND NEW KETCH DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE 21ST CENTURY, SAECWEN’S OWNER HAS CREATED A TRUE MODERN CLASSIC, AS NIC COMPTON FINDS OUT

MASTER CLASS

PIP HARE ON HOW TO MAKE A 21ST CENTURY PILOTAGE PLAN

ALL ABOARD FOR THE RIDE

IMOCA 60S ARE DESIGNED FOR SOLO RACING, SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A FULL CREW ON BOARD TO RACE 2,000 MILES? MATTHEW SHEAHAN REPORTS

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS: SAM FORTESCUE ON THE HANSTAIGER X1

Imagine a boat that combines the aggressive loom of a Lamborghini with the controls of a fighter jet. Pop a rig on top, open the transom like the cargo door of a Chinook – oh, and bung a grand piano in one corner of the saloon.

TAKING THE HELM

A DRAMATIC BROACH IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN FOREWARNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR DAWN RILEY’S ALL-FEMALE WHITBREAD CREW

BEST FOR LAST

SAILING THE ATLANTIC FROM CAPE TOWN TO AZORES MARKED THE END OF AN EIGHT-YEAR CIRCUMNAVIGATION FOR DUTCH COUPLE WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS

SPECIAL REPORT: HELEN FRETTER ON ORCA ‘ATTACKS' ON YACHTS

The first signs that something odd was taking place came in July 2020. After the strangest start to a summer any of us can remember, just as Europe began to open up to sailing once again, there were reports from Gibraltar and the Spanish Atlantic coast of orcas apparently attacking yachts.

THE MAGIC NUMBER

CAN’T DECIDE BETWEEN A MONOHULL AND A CATAMARAN? THE SURPRISING TRUTH IS THAT A FAST CRUISING TRIMARAN COULD BE THE IDEAL SOLUTION

SIZEABLE GAINS

BY REPURPOSING AN EXISTING HULL DESIGN, HAS BENETEAU JUST REINVENTED THE 55-FOOTER?

DOUBLE THE FUN

DOUBLE-HANDED RACING HAS BEEN THE STAND-OUT SUCCESS STORY OF RECENT YEARS. JAMES BOYD FINDS OUT WHY IT’S SO POPULAR

WORKING THE BARGES

JIM LAWRENCE’S TALES OF LIFE ABOARD THAMES BARGES EVOKE A FORGOTTEN WORLD RICH IN SEAMANSHIP SKILLS AND CAMARADERIE

NEW YACHT

PERFORMANCE AND EXPLORATION YACHTS PIQUE RUPERT HOLMES’ INTEREST

SPECIAL REPORT

PHIL JOHNSON ON WORKING FROM YOUR YACHT

CARIBBEAN WARMTH

MAX CAMPBELL AND THE CREW OF ELIXIR RECEIVED A GENEROUS WELCOME WHEN THEY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC TO THE GRENADINES

First event for new Ocean Race format

The first event run by the new organisers of the former Volvo Ocean Race, the Ocean Race Europe, finished in Genova this June. The Ocean Race Europe started on 29 May in Lorient, France, with stopovers in Cascais, Portugal, and Alicante, Spain before finishing in Italy.

BUILT FOR BATTLE

IS THE NEW PELAGIC 77 THE ULTIMATE EXPEDITION YACHT? ELAINE BUNTING SAILED WITH SKIP NOVAK TO FIND OUT

Corinthians make ‘NOSTAR' transat

Following the postponement of this year’s OSTAR and TwoSTAR transatlantic races to 2022, a small group of determined solo and doublehanded skippers set off on their own transatlantic challenge in May.

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO GET OFFSHORE RACE READY

GILES SCOTT

GILES SCOTT IS ONE OF BRITISH SAILING’S BIGGEST TALENTS AND WAS A BREAK-OUT STAR OF THE 36TH AMERICA’S CUP, BUT CAN HE DEFEND OLYMPIC GOLD? HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO TROUBLESHOOT PROBLEMS AT SEA

BACK ON TRACK

SUPERYACHT RACING IN ALL ITS GLAMOUR LOOKS SET TO RETURN THIS JUNE FOR EUROPE’S LONGEST RUNNING SUPERYACHT REGATTA, WRITES TOBY HODGES

DESIGNED TO THRILL

WITH THIS FAST CRUISING 44 COMBINING WICKED PACE, FIRST CLASS HANDLING AND COMFORT, HAS THE INNOVATIVE FRENCH YARD PRODUCED THE MOST REFINED POGO YET?

THE FUTURE OF POWER

IS HYDROGEN CLOSE TO BECOMING A GREEN POWER SOURCE FOR SUPERYACHTS? SAM FORTESCUE INVESTIGATES

A CHANCE TO LINGER

AFTER SIX YEARS OF BLUEWATER CRUISING, TERYSA VANDERLOO AND PARTNER NICK FABBRI ENJOYED A SLOW CRUISE THROUGH BRITTANY ON THEIR FINAL PASSAGE HOME

A SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE

SELLING UP AND SAILING FROM SCANDINAVIA TO THE BIG APPLE WAS A GAMBLE WORTH TAKING FOR CARSTEN AND VINNI BREUNING

SO YOU WANT TO RACE AROUND THE WORLD?

AROUND THE WORLD RACING IS BOOMING, WITH SIX NEW PRO-AM EVENTS SET TO BRING THE ULTIMATE SAILING FEAT WITHIN AFFORDABLE REACH. ELAINE BUNTING INVESTIGATES

NEW YACHTS

A RANGE OF HOT PERFORMANCE BOATS FOR THE SUMMER

WORK AND PLEASURE

PELLEW IS THE LARGEST FALMOUTH PILOT CUTTER LAUNCHED IN BRITAIN FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS, BUT REPRESENTS SOMETHING EVEN GREATER, AS JAMES STEWART DISCOVERS