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RUPERT HOLMES ON THE ACE 30
ATLANTIC CHARGE
THE SINGLE-HANDED ROUTE DU RHUM IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUT MOST ADORED OFFSHORE RACES IN THE WORLD. THIS YEAR WAS A RECORD-BREAKER IN EVERY SENSE, AS HELEN FRETTER REPORTS
SPECIAL REPORT
HELEN FRETTER ON NEW MULTIHULLS IN THE ARC
THE IMOCA DESIGN RACE
RUPERT HOLMES TAKES A LOOK AT THE OFFSHORE CLASS EVOLUTION
SHORT-HANDED SAILING
PIP HARE ON INSIDE GYBES
HANSE 460
THIS FIRST OF A NEW RANGE OF HANSES, FROM NEW DESIGNERS, IS ALREADY A BIG HIT, WITH OVER 200 SOLD AND A EUROPEAN YACHT OF THE YEAR WIN TO ITS NAME. DAVID HARDING REPORTS
Lively start for ARC rally
The 37th ARC rally set sail on Sunday 20 November in lively conditions including a 1.5m swell and 18-20 knot north-easterlies, making for a white sail reaching start for the 143-boat fleet.
Innovative PLB wins DAME award
British company Ocean Signal scooped the overall DAME design award, the marine industry’s largest equipment prize, for its rescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon (PLB).
Golden Globe skipper rescued
Finnish solo skipper Tapio Lehtinen was rescued by fellow Golden Globe Race competitor Kirsten Neuschäfer after Lehtinen’s boat sank “in minutes” and he spent over 24 hours adrift in the southern Indian Ocean.
Orcas sink yacht off Portugal
An ‘attack’ by a pod of orcas has caused a cruising yacht to sink, the second this year.
NEW YACHTS
RACING, FAST CRUISING OR BOTH? TOBY HODGES LOOKS AT STRIKING OPTIONS
ΤΗΕ HIDDEN BALTIC
FROM POPULAR SCANDINAVIAN WATERS, TO OFF-THEBEATEN-TRACK EASTERN GEMS, WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS SHARE SIX GREAT BALTIC CRUISES
COURAGE OF YOUTH
A TALE OF FOUR SCHOOLBOYS ON AN ADVENTUROUS TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING THAT'S ENOUGH TO TURN ANY PARENT’S HAIR GREY
MATT SHEAHAN
SOLO OCEAN RACERS MIGHT BE SUPERHUMAN THOUGH THEY’D HAVE US BELIEVE THEIR EXPLOITS ARE ALL PERFECTLY REASONABLE
SKIP NOVAK
HAVING WATCHED A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN VICTORY IN THE 1983 AMERICA’S CUP, COULD THE LATEST CHAPTER POSSIBLY RIVAL IT?
RESURGENT HENRI-LLOYD
Just in time for its 60th Anniversary, this British brand has big news and plenty of fresh products.
NEW GEAR
GENNAKER AND WATERPROOFS ON TEST, PLUS LATEST GEAR REVIEWED
Peter de Savary 1944-2022
Peter de Savary, who led the British America’s Cup team in their 1983 campaign, has died at the age of 78.
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO COME OUT AHEAD AT THE LEEWARD MARK
CURIOUS GENIUS
PETE GOSS HAS SAILED MORE DIFFERENT YACHTS THAN MOST OF US COULD IMAGINE, BUT IT’S A HOME-BUILT 32FT GAFFER THAT IS HIS CHEF-D’OEUVRE, AS ELAINE BUNTING FINDS OUT
Bigger Luggers
Designed to be a safe family boat for coastal trios, the Drascombe and Devon Luggers have taken intrepid sailors on some long sea passages
A buoyant boat market?
Peter Poland assesses how new boats at the Southampton International Boat Show reflect the current state of the sail and power markets
Dufour 32
Peter Poland reports on the new 32-footer that reflects the many changes made down the years in the designs and dimensions of production cruising yachts
Would you cross an ocean in this?
Andrew Bedwell is preparing a world record attempt to cross the Atlantic in a 3ft 10in boat Ali Wood meets him at Southampton Boat Show
As darkness falls
Mike Humphreys risks grounding his Halcyon 23 in fading light to assist two teenagers stuggling with a capsized dinghy
A flood of costs and a trickle of cash
Andy Pag attempts to rebuild a Spectra watermaker on a budget
Post-Covid cruising in Greece
After two and a half years John Woolf returns to his Carambola 38 in Greece and spends three weeks getting her seaworthy again
A confusion of Daves
If in any doubt, just shout \"No, Dave!\"
Sail souvenirs
Reaching down memory lane in the Big Shed
A magical day
Looking back over the year, one very special sail stands out: the day of the dolphins