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The Decade That Changed Sailing?

2010-2019 SAW UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES: FROM CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO SIMPLE HANDHELD DEVICES THAT IMPROVED THE SAFETY OF EVERY SAILOR. WE TRACE SOME OF THE BIGGEST SHIFTS AND ASK: WHAT NEXT?

The Boss Is Back

Alex Thomson’s Bold New Hugo Boss Will Change How The Solo Skipper Sails, But Will It Win The 2020 Vendée Globe? Helen Fretter Got On Board To Find Out More

New World ‘Super Rally'

A new round the world rally with a VIP service level is being launched by four former team members of the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR).

Fastnet And Back In A Day!

The Rolex Fastnet Race is one of those rare events where weekend sailors can truly take on the pros. This year’s race saw legendary performances right across the 388-boat fleet. Helen Fretter reports

40 Years On

This year marked the 40th anniversary of a race never to be forgotten. Elaine Bunting looks back at crews’ experiences of the 1979 fastnet race.

Storms Bring 40-knot Conditions To Cowes

Cowes Week got off to a late start in August when unseasonal 40-50 knot winds swept the Solent on the opening day.

Ready To Race

A classic wooden yawl might not seem the obvious choice for offshore racing, but nic compton finds this yacht up for it

A Lucky Escape

In the 1970s-80s, Sir Peter Johnson Wrote a column in Yachting wWorld. This was his article in the issue immediately after the race

Built For Bluewater

Made for an owner with a very particular set of demands, the first contest 85cs incorporates a host of features that make it a world cruiser with a difference. David harding tells the story

Matthew Sheahan

Could Autonomous, Self-propelled Race Marks Provide The Perfect Answer To Laying Fair Race Courses Quickly And Easily?

Grand Soleil GS 80 Custom

Toby Hodges sails the largest grand Soleil yet, a powerful carbon build designed to compete in a high-end cruiser-racer field.

5 Tips Improving Boatspeed

How to get your boat on the pace

The Ostar's Perfect Storm

A Fierce Low Hit This Year’s Classic Solo Transatlantic Race, Sparking A Huge Rescue Effort. Helen Fretter Reports.

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

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

Get Out Of That

Mike ‘Moose’ Sanderson, CEO of Doyle Sails New Zealand, is one of the world’s most respected professional racing sailors. Here the double Volvo Ocean Race winner explains how to deal with the aftermath of a sail blow out.

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

Homeward Bound

Preparations for the voyage from the Caribbean to Europe need to begin before you leave home.But what should you consider?

A Feast Of Classics

Tom Cunliffe and his wife, Roz , were invited to Judge the finest vessels in the Antigua classic Yatch Regatta.They were spoiled for choice.

Top Of Her Game

For Dee Caffari, skippering a Volvo team is the culmination of an extraordinary career. So why doesn’t she feel she’s made it yet? 

A Test Of Commitment

Jessie Zevalkink and her fiance .Luke Yeates, Sailed from her house to his - 4,800 north atlantic miles from Michigan to Cornwall.

Tested: Dufour 56 Exclusive

Does Dufour’s revamped 560 live up to its ‘exclusive’ badge?

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.

Navigation Briefing

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

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.