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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

WATER WATER EVERYWHERE

HOW TO STOW, CONSERVE OR GENERATE DRINKING WATER IS KEY FOR ANY OFFSHORE SAILOR. TOBY HODGES SURVEYED THE 81 SKIPPERS OF THE ARC 2020 FLEET FOR TIPS

GEAR FOCUS

RUPERT HOLMES & TOBY HODGES COOK UP MEALS USEFUL IN A STORM

VIBRANT ISLES

THE AZORES ARE MORE THAN JUST A MID-OCEAN RESPITE SPOT, THEY’RE AN APPEALING CRUISING DESTINATION IN THEIR OWN RIGHT, AS KILA ZAMANA EXPLAINS

NEW YACHTS

RUPERT HOLMES ON THE WORLD’S FASTEST DAYSAILER AND A NEW OYSTER

PRACTICAL

ENERGY OBSERVER • CROSSING THE NORTH SEA • HANDLE BIG BREEZE UPWIND

IN THE WAKE OF VIKINGS

CAN YOU TACKLE A NORTHERLY ATLANTIC CROSSING – THE LEGENDARY ‘VIKING’ ROUTE – IN A STANDARD BLUEWATER CRUISER? SAM FORTESCUE MEETS AN OWNER WHO DID JUST THAT

INTO OBLIVION

A SOLO VOYAGE VIA THE THREE GREAT SOUTHERN OCEAN CAPES IN A 32-FOOTER PROVES TESTING FOR JEROME RAND

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

FRANÇOIS TREGOUET ON ENERGY OBSERVER

ESCAPE ARTIST

IT’S RARE TO FIND AN OCEAN-GOING YACHT THAT CAN DRY OUT ON THE BEACH, BUT DISCOVERY’S REVISED 48S MAY HAVE BROUGHT THE SWING-KEEL BACK INTO FASHION

A TRADITION REIMAGINED

FOR OVER A DECADE, PHOTOGRAPHER JULIEN GIRARDOT HAS BEEN CAPTIVATED BY FRENCH POLYNESIA AND A DREAM OF BRINGING TRADITIONAL SAILING CANOES, OR PIROGUES, BACK TO THE MOTUS

WHAT'S NEW

SUPERYACHT DESIGN IS AS BOLDLY IMAGINATIVE AS EVER, REPORTS SAM FORTESCUE

NOTHING TO STOP YOU

WHEN PLANNING AN OCEAN PASSAGE, HOW DO YOU ENSURE YOU CAN KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT? RUPERT HOLMES FINDS OUT WHAT VENDÉE GLOBE SKIPPERS CAN TEACH US ABOUT MID-OCEAN REPAIRS

MATT SHEAHAN

WAS AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ‘BOT’ THE SECRET TO EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND’S AMERICA’S CUP SUCCESS?

Gender equity drive in racing

As part of a remix for the coming season of the foiling SailGP series, each of the eight teams are to add one female athlete per team. Teams will be incentivised to include female athletes in rotation for ‘active roles’ and to include women in the sixth position, progressing to ‘practice and/or training in key roles’.

Resurgence in round the world races

A clutch of ‘budget friendly’ new round the world races for sailor-owners has tapped into renewed enthusiasm for adventure and endurance sailing. All three new events are set to take off in 2023.