Bumper UK race fleets forecast

A bumper racing season in the UK is being predicted this summer as the easing of restrictions to social gatherings meets pent up appetite for competitive events. The largest is likely to be the Round the Island Race, which takes place on 3 July, followed by Cowes Week and the Rolex Fastnet Race in August, both of which could see boosted fleet numbers.

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

HELEN FRETTER ON JZERRO

SCOTTISH SOUNDINGS

A SPONTANEOUS CRUISE ALONG SCOTLAND’S WILD WEST COAST PROVED TO BE A VOYAGE OF SURPRISES FOR PHIL JOHNSON

LONG LIVE THE KING

JEAN LE CAM WAS ALREADY A LEGEND, NOW HE’S THE UNDISPUTED HERO OF THE VENDÉE GLOBE, WRITES ED GORMAN

SPECIAL REPORT

SAM FORTESCUE ON SELF-SAILING TECHNOLOGY

CRUISING IN THE FAST LANE

NOT ONLY THE FIRST FOIL-ASSISTED SUPERYACHT, BUT THE FIRST CRUISING YACHT WITH A FOIL, THE 142FT CANOVA IS A GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT IN SO MANY WAYS, SAYS TOBY HODGES

ON TEST BORÉAL 47.2: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

THIS RUGGED OCEAN CRUISER TARGETS THE GROWING MARKET FOR EXPEDITION YACHTS AND IS BRIMMING WITH BRILLIANT FEATURES THAT HAVE A WIDE APPEAL

MY VENDÉE GLOBE

PIP HARE FULFILLED A LIFELONG DREAM WHEN SHE FINISHED THE VENDÉE GLOBE, THE FIRST BRITISH SKIPPER IN THIS YEAR’S EVENT. HERE SHE TELLS THE STORY OF HER RACE

CROSSING THE BAR

GENTLEMAN YACHT DESIGNER ALBERT STRANGE MAKES A RISKY BID FOR THE OPEN SEA IN HIS 22FT CENTREBOARDER

ARE YOU BLUEWATER READY?

WHAT ARE THE SKILLS YOU NEED BEFORE CASTING OFF ON A TRANSOCEAN OR BLUEWATER ADVENTURE? OFFSHORE TRAINING SKIPPERS SHARE THEIR ADVICE

‘I am sinking. This is not a joke. MAYDAY'

KEVIN ESCOFFIER’S RESCUE FROM A LIFERAFT ADRIFT IN THE ROARING FORTIES WAS THE RESULT OF INCREDIBLE SEAMANSHIP. HELEN FRETTER SPOKE TO HIM, AND THE TEAM THAT CO-ORDINATED THE SEARCH

TOUGH CAT

GARCIA YACHTS CONCEIVED THIS NEW GENRE 52FT ALUMINIUM CATAMARAN AS A DISRUPTIVE GAME-CHANGER. DOES IT LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE?

SPECIAL REPORT

BREATH-CONTROLLED TRANSATLANTIC • UPWIND MAINSAIL TRIM • SETTING A TRYSAIL

Pacific CASTAWAY

ROBINSON CRUSOE DREAMS BECAME REALITY FOR JOSHUA SHANKLE WHEN HE WAS MAROONED MID-PACIFIC

MASTER CLASS

RACHAEL SPROT ON STORM TRYSAILS

MAKERS AND SHAKERS

WHY DO SAILING’S MOST SUCCESSFUL INFLUENCERS THINK THE BEST BOAT FOR NOVICE OCEAN CRUISERS IS A PERFORMANCE MULTIHULL? ASKS TOBY HODGES

BREAKING ICE

LEGENDARY ADVENTURER DAVID HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS TURNS HIS AMBITIONS TO THE SEA, WITH A POLAR OCEAN CHALLENGE

Golden age

A TRUE WORKING YACHT, THE 112-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN VANITY HAS A NEW ROLE FOR 2021, AS NIC COMPTON DISCOVERS

5 expert tips

CHRIS HOSKING ON UPWIND MAINSAIL TRIM

THE EMPTY OCEAN

SOPHIE O’NEILL AND CHRIS KOBUSCH TOOK ON A 4,300-MILE DOUBLE-HANDED CROSSING OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC IN WINTER

THE GREAT ATLANTIC GETAWAY

THERE MAY BE NO BETTER TIME TO PRESS PAUSE AND GO SAILING. ELAINE BUNTING MEETS TRANSATLANTIC CREWS DOING JUST THAT

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

HELEN FRETTER ON KARMA

Vismara VMM76

LOA 23.80m 78ft 0in • Beam 6.00m 19ft 8in • Displacement 31,000kg 68,400lb • Draught 2.50-4.00m 8ft 2in-13ft 1in • Sail area 280m2 3,010ft2 • www.vismara-mc.com

STORM CHASERS

HOW BIG A GAMBLE WOULD YOU TAKE TO WIN THE VENDÉE GLOBE? HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT HOW THE SOLO SKIPPERS USE STORMS IN THEIR RACE STRATEGY

SANITY CHECK

THE GRAVITY-DEFYING AC75S WILL RACE ONE ANOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER. MATT SHEAHAN CHECKS OUT THE FOUR DESIGNS

SPECIAL REPORT

HOW TO SELL YOUR BOAT, BY TERYSA VANDERLOO

Oystercatcher XXXV – a 52ft rocketship

Combining much of the concept behind Niklas Zennström’s radical Fast40 Ran VII with the experience of Oyster Yachts founder Richard Matthews is bound to result in an exceptional yacht.

OSCAR One 320

A decade ago the prospect of a device that, on a dark night, could detect a floating obstacle such as a shipping container or a sleeping whale in the path of a yacht, and automatically change course, would have firmly belonged in the realms of science fiction.

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO TRIM FOR DOWNWIND SPEED

MINE'S THE PORSCHE - ON TEST // ELAN GT6

IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BADGE: WHY PORSCHE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF ELAN’S NEW FLAGSHIP