Navigation Briefing

Navigators need to have a close knowledge of tidal streams and currents.

Riding To A Record

Akzonobel Set a New Race Record When the Crew Covered 602 Miles Through the North Atlantic in 24 Hours. Navigator Jules Salter Tells Justin Chisholm How They Did It

Floating Hazard Or Tall Tale?

Millions of containers are shipped around the world. helen fretter investigates what the chances of hitting one at sea really are

Wild Times At St Maarten Regatta

Rob Melotti Reports on a Weekend of High-performance Sailing at the Biggest Regatta in the Caribbean 

Schooner Magic

Tom Cunliffe Joins the Crew of the 135ft Schooner Eleonora for the Caribbean 600 Race 

Against the Odds

Frank Dye and Bill Brockbank Were Caught Out in a Force 9 While Sailing Between the Faeroes and Norway in Dye’s 16ft Wayfarer Dinghy. This Is Their Story of Survival 

Drive It Like You Stole It

There’s No Holding Back on the Vendée Globe Race as Skippers Go All Out at Record Speeds. Elaine Bunting Reports.

Sailing Without an Engine

You’re more likely to see a seagull smoking a cigar than a solo skipper sailing without an engine these days, but for martin o’scannall, removing the engine from his yacht was the beginning of an even more beautiful friendship with the sea

Preparing For The Pacific

Having recently crossed tHe Pacific, multiHull sailor Stephen Kingsman gives His tiPs on boat cHoice, PreParation and Places not to miss

Jason Ker

A Designer Known For His Irc Monohulls And America’s Cup Boats, Ker Has Made The Successful Switch To Cruising Catamaran Design. Sam Fortescue Finds Out How

5 Tips Winning In Bareboats

How to win in a charter fleet

A Concept That Could Make Sailing Much Easier

The strange looking prototype inflated wing sail is truly innovative. Matthew Sheahan sails a concept that could make sailing much easier

ARC Report Heaven or Hell?

The Annual Rally Across the Atlantic Was a Test of Ingenuity and Seamanship for Some.

World's Best Places to Sail

Cruising Guru Jimmy Cornell on what is driving the migration of yachts around the globe and where you can still get away from it all.

New Yachts At Düsseldorf

Boot Düsseldorf In January Is The Place To Be For Anyone Checking Out New Yachts. We Preview What’s On Offer At The World’s Largest Indoor Boat Show

Extraordinary Boats

Charal Is A Next-generation Foiling Imoca 60, Designed By Vplp And Newly Launched For Solo Skipper Jérémie Beyou.

Storm Rolling In

The Young Crew Of A 16ft Open Boat Face An Impending Force 7 Gale Off The Coast Of Brittany – And It’s Getting Dark

Viva Italia!

In The Era Of The Seriously Stylish Fast Cruiser, Toby Hodges Looks At How Italy Is Dominating The Market And Fashioning Today’s Yachts

5 Tips Improving Boatspeed

How to get your boat on the pace

On Test: JPK 1030

Pip Hare Feels Right at Home in This Quick, No-nonsense Boat That’s Ideal for Short-handers. Photos by Jean-marie Liot

On Test: Sun Fast 3300

Jeanneau’s Latest Sun Fast is a Whole Bundle of Fun

Tasman Treasures

Cruising in the ‘Roaring Forties’ proves rewarding for Janneke Kuysters as she braves the bass strait to explore Tasmania.

Special Report

Susan Glenny on what to do during a dismasting.

Ready For The Atlantic Crossing

Elaine Bunting asks a delivery skipper, charter pros and some first-time transatlantic skippers for their best advice on planning and preparing for the big adventure.

Time to Buy Your Next Boat

If the arguments for and against your next boat are equal, just do it, says Rupert holmes.

Designer Daysailer

Bill springer meets former whitbread round the world race team owner george collins on his new custom daysailer, chessie racing.

Small Boat, Big Ocean

LEFT MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY SCARRED BUT WITH UNFINISHED BUSINESS, A YOUNG MAX CAMPBELL RETURNS TO HIS 22FT WOODEN SLOOP TO BRING HER BACK ACROSS THE ATLANTIC SINGLE-HANDED

Extraordinary Boats

CROSBIE LORIMER ON SHEARWATER

Explore The Intriguing Ideas Inside This Amazing Yacht

Can a design drawing inspiration from imoca 60s meet the unforgiving demands of high latitudes cruising? David Glenn sails a yacht that aims to achieve just that

Special Report

HELEN FRETTER on weather routeing