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Best Luxury Yacht 2025: The Ultimate Luxury Cruisers

The best new yachts at the 2025 International Multihull Show

Leopard 46 Hybrid first look: Combining the benefits of diesel and electric

The MODX in the water

MODX first look: Dual inflated wingsails lift the catamaran market to new heights

The minimal wetted surface area reduces further when flying a hull.

New Dragonfly 36: Composite folding wings reduces weight for more speed

Coolest Yachts: The M32 Catamaran

Max warp speed for days on end! Pip Hare on joining Canada Ocean Racing for The Ocean Race Europe 

The Excess 13

New Excess 13: Lightness of space throughout

Exploring remote British Columbia on a 210ft superyacht

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What Are the Best Floating Docks? How to choose for stability, safety and style

Jérémie Beyou / Charal

World’s top sailors choose Musto to tackle the toughest race on water

Innovation, performance and sheer good looks: Wally’s 30-year sailing success story

Cannes World Premiere For All-New 19-Metre Contest 63CS

Could you help to save ‘Seaglider’ underwater ocean research drone?

Sam Goodchild: from liveaboard to Britain’s best ocean racing prospect

‘As the bow touched down the noise was different… In two seconds my race was over’ – Pip Hare’s Vendée disaster

Aerial view of boats on a pontoon

Finding a great yacht deal in 2025: Expert advice on understanding the market

Great seamanship: The Log of the Molly B

5 expert tips: How to hold a lane upwind

New approach to reduce the chance of whale strikes in yachts

Poling off ice and a fruitless search for a passage to Narsaq in thick ice fields; ultimately Forel had to look for another route.

Sailing to Greenland: A scientific voyage of discovery

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Catamarans and multihulls

Best catamaran and multihull: The very best yachts on two and three hulls

The Best Specialist Yachts 2025: Impressive Daysailers and Sportsboats

Why so many sailors are making the switch to multihulls

Expert tips: how to sail multihulls downwind in big breezes

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Sailing across the Atlantic

Man overboard in ARC: US MRCC calls off active search. Another yacht abandoned in second incident.

Sailing from Annapolis to Iceland on the viking routes of old

How to prepare for an Atlantic crossing with the ARC

What’s the best autopilot kit for a transatlantic?

The ‘easy’ way to sail across the Atlantic?

New mutihulls take on an Atlantic crossing

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Extraordinary Boats

Extraordinary Boats: JV43 Red 2 – a full-throated racer with an adventurous cruising side

Extraordinary Boats: The Three Quarter Tonner ‘Impeccable’

Extraordinary boats: The Mini Globe Race Globe 5.80

Extraordinary boats: The Cayman 28 ‘a gentleman’s skiff’

Jaro: Sailing this unique new upwind weapon

Adela in the water

Newly restored schooner cruiser-racer Adela: ‘Some of the best sailing of my whole life’

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Practical Cruising

Your complete guide to using radar on a yacht

Gorgeous white cliffs with azure sea and the sun beating down

Cruising in Corsica and Sardinia: gelato, marine reserves, and medieval history

Palma, Mallorca

Taking ownership: Advice for overseas gardiennage

Wide birds-eye-voew pf a sand bank and turqoise sea.

Taking ownership: Buying a yacht abroad

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Boat Tests

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Allures 40.9 vs Ovni 400: French aluminium centreboarders go head-to-head

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CNB 66 yacht test: Intoxicating cruiser is a cut above the mainstream

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Saffier SE37 Lounge test: A veritable supercar of the seas

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Swan 65 test: The triumphant return of a true sailing icon

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Most watched videos

Best family yacht: The best yachts for sailing with the family

The Hottest Yachts and Trends for 2025

Solaris 74RS first look: Alluring style with some substance below decks

WATCH: Will the USA’s Radical America’s Cup Design Choices Pay Off?

Watch: Is this the boat to end 170 years of British America’s Cup hurt?

Extraordinary boats: Cape Cod 767 is 25ft of fresh thinking

Watch: Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s America’s Cup Boat Innovations

Watch: Emirates Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup boat innovations

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Expert sailing tips

Jack Bouttell grinding away at a crack at the root of the starboard rudder of 11th Hour Racing Team during the 2022/23 The Ocean Race with crewmates Simon Fisher and Justine Mettraux.

5 expert tips: Jack Bouttell on repairing your boat mid-ocean

A yacht at an angle with choppy waves nehind

An expert guide to safe line handling at sea

How to berth and anchor a yacht in the Baltic

How to find the right weather window

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World's coolest yachts

Coolest Yachts: The Nordic Folkboat

Alinghi SUI-100

World’s coolest yachts: Alinghi SUI-100 – ‘The last conventional monohull that raced for the America’s Cup’

World’s coolest yachts: The Myth of Malham

World’s Coolest Yachts: AC45F

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Yachts and gear

Best Waterproof Backpack 2025: 6 Top Models Tested

Petrol outboard engines VS Electric outboard motors: real world comparison

Fenix Shadowmaster vs Exposure Raw Pro: Battle of the premium head torches for sailing

Why I flew 1400 miles to pick up my favourite PLB!

By multihull designer Nigel Irens in association with Pantaenius

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Voyaging

Point of view of a yacht sailing through water

Jimmy Cornell: ‘Some of my most memorable sailing was due to unforseen detours’

Exploring Guyana’s mighty Essequibo River by boat

An aerial shot of a yacht in a tropical sea

How to sail around the world: Launching an epic adventure

Swimming with humpback whales

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