CLASS ACT

CRUISING WITH THEIR CHILDREN ALLOWED RALF AND DINA SCHLAEPFER TO FULFIL THEIR PACIFIC DREAMS, ALTHOUGH SET LESSONS WERE OVERTAKEN BY THE SCHOOL OF ADVENTURE

TAKING CONTROL

HOW MODERN AUTOPILOTS CAN BE YOUR BEST HELMSMAN, BY MATTHEW SHEAHAN

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO MAKE STRUCTURAL REPAIRS OFFSHORE

A SMOOTH NEW START

PRIVILÈGE IS RENEWING ITS RANGE UNDER HANSE, STARTING WITH THIS 50-FOOTER. FRANÇOIS TREGOUET REPORTS

SET FREE & GO

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET READY AND PREPARED TO SAIL AWAY FOR A LIFE AFLOAT? RALLY ORGANISER JEREMY WYATT GUIDES US WITH HIS ADVICE

SHOGUN 50 AND 42.6

This new brand is the result of a Swedish owner seeking a very light displacement boat with performance (and some design aspects) akin to that of the ClubSwan 50, but with easy handling for day sailing and occasional overnighting with family and friends in the Stockholm archipelago.

LESSONS FROM A LIFE AFLOAT

PETE GOSS HAS DECIDED TO CHANGE HIS VOYAGING PLANS AND SAIL NEARER TO HOME, BUT HE REFLECTS ON WHAT HE’S LEARNED

SailGP will restart in 2021

All events due to take place this year in Russell Coutts’s grand prix circuit SailGP have been rescheduled for 2021. The ‘Season 2’ series planned for San Francisco in April, New York in June, and in UK and Denmark in August and September are all being moved to the same venues running from April next year.

Solo race to the Arctic

A new race to the Arctic in July is to be run for the IMOCA 60 class as a qualifier for the Vendée Globe round the world race in November.

American classics to be auctioned

Two beautiful and classic yachts are to be sold at auction on 25 June. The 1926 Herreshoff NY40 Marilee and the famous S&S-designed 12 Metre Enterprise are to be sold individually, without reserve, to the highest bidder.

A WORLD BENEATH

FREEDIVER ANDREAS B HEIDE HAS SPENT A DECADE WHALE WATCHING IN THE FAR NORTH FROM HIS 37FT PRODUCTION YACHT

Yacht builders keep working

Although most yards ceased production or were operating at a vastly reduced capacity during March and April, yacht manufacturing continued in some countries. Some European countries had less stringent measures in place, which meant yachts were still getting built and order books fulfilled.

WHERE EAGLES DARE

PHOTOGRAPHER RICHARD LANGDON SAILS A HIGH PERFORMANCE WINGSAIL CATAMARAN FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO FLORIDA

ELIXIR OF YOUTH

MAX CAMPBELL DREAMS OF A WORLD CIRCUMNAVIGATION WITH FRIENDS, BUT FIRST THEY MUST RESTORE A 50-YEAR-OLD SWAN...

INSIDE AND OUT

TOR JOHNSON SAILS WITH HIS FATHER, SISTER AND FRIENDS ON A VOYAGE OF REDISCOVERY AROUND SPECTACULAR VANCOUVER ISLAND

ABSOLUTE ELEGANCE

THE TOFINOU 9.7’S BLEND OF MODERN DESIGN AND TIMELESS LOOKS CREATES INTOXICATING RESULTS

5 EXPERT TIPS HOW TO CREATE A COHESIVE CREW

Round the world sailor DEE CAFFARI shares her advice on getting a team to gel with ANDY RICE

THREE HULLS ONE PLANET

A SWISS SAILOR AND ORGANIC FARMER HAS CUSTOMISED HIS NEEL 51 TO PROVE THAT BOATS CAN BE COMPLETELY SELF-SUSTAINING.

THE HARDEST ROAD

WHAT’S IT REALLY LIKE TO PREPARE FOR THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST OCEAN RACE, THE VENDÉE GLOBE? PIP HARE REVEALS HOW HARD IT CAN BE

PACIFIC SOLO

SINGLE-HANDED ADVENTURER WEBB CHILES OUTRUNS A SOUTH PACIFIC STORM AS HE SAILS BETWEEN THE US AND NEW ZEALAND

KING OF CATS

MARC VAN PETEGHEM OF FRENCH DESIGN LEADERS VPLP TALKS EXTREME FOILING, CRUISING CATS AND SUSTAINABILITY WITH SAM FORTESCUE

COUNTDOWN TO YOUR BIG ADVENTURE

FIVE SKIPPERS TELL ELAINE BUNTING ABOUT THEIR PLANS AND PREPARATIONS TO GO VOYAGING

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

RUPERT HOLMES ON BLT

JIMMY CORNELL'S ZER0 CARBON CRUISER

THE FUTURE IS ELECTRIC, SAYS CRUISING GURU JIMMY CORNELL. HE’S BUILDING AN ELECTRIC CATAMARAN FOR A CIRCUMNAVIGATION WITHOUT FOSSIL FUELS

ICE RESCUE

JARLATH CUNNANE RECOUNTS A FRAUGHT ATTEMPT TO NAVIGATE THE ICE-STREWN NORTH EAST PASSAGE TO SAVE A STRICKEN YACHT

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO RUN THE PIT

5 Expert Tips To Win A Protest

How to win a protest

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

ALISON LANGLEY ON ANNA

WE TEST OYSTER 565

IS THIS THE BOAT THAT SECURES OYSTER’S FUTURE?

When Is The Right Time To Cut Loose And Sail Away?

When is the right time to cut loose and sail away? Any time, as Helen Fretter finds out from cruisers of all life stages