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Volvo Ocean Race: The Boatyard sets to work on another 6,000nm service, Matthew Sheahan finds out how
Forty years on from the first Whitbread race, plenty has changed. Gone are the long…
Volvo Ocean Race: Auckland arrivals….all at once
Leading the night time charge from Sanya in China to to the finish line off…
Bella Mente claims impressive win at the 2015 RORC Caribbean 600
Hap Fauth’s American JV72, Bella Mente has been declared the overall winner of the 2015…
Phaedo3 shatters course record to win line honours in the RORC Caribbean 600
Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD 70 trimaran Phaedo3 has broken the course record of the Caribbean 600,…
Hungarian skipper injured in Southern Ocean while competing in Barcelona World Race
Having to stitch up your crewmate’s head wound whilst slamming over rough seas in the…
Blog: ‘It’s going to be a wet and windy ride’ Pip Hare reports from the RORC Caribbean 600
The Caribbean 600 yacht race will start on Monday at 11am local time under a…
VIDEO: take our exclusive video tour of MOD70 trimaran Phaedo³, primed for the Caribbean 600 record
Racing sailors like to say that if you want to win, then take a gun…
Date for your diary: Falmouth Classics Regatta to take place in June
Falmouth is gearing up for the return of the Classics Regatta this summer, which will…
March Yachting World out now: here’s a taste of this month’s great features
Like a racehorse so famous it has a nickname, the Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI…
VIDEO: Yachting World shows you how to anchor safely in coral waters
In the latest Bluewater Sailing Techniques video, our experts explain how to anchor safely in…
Glorious J Class to return to America’s Cup to race after 80 years
After 80 years, the magnificent J Class is to return to the America’s Cup to race…
VIDEO: VX One – ‘Launched’, Matthew Sheahan flies a new pocket rocket in the Solent and declares a new favourite
Bridging the gap between dinghies and keel boats has always been tricky. What’s good for…
World Cruising Club hosts weekend seminar for those looking to sail offshore
If you have ever harboured thoughts of taking your boat on a round-the world trip,…
Alan Buchanan, naval architect 1922 – 2015
Alan Buchanan, the celebrated naval archictect credited with designing the first glassfibre yacht in Europe,…
Volvo Ocean Race: Breaking a winning formula? Dongfeng navigator sits out Leg 4
to leave Dongfeng’s star navigator Pascal Bidégorry on the dock will surely raise a few…
Southern Ocean storms are some of the most brutal forces in nature. Here is how sailors try to harness them
Solo sailors call it ‘the South’, as if to emphasise its alien difference. The Southern…
VIDEO: How the biggest change in the Volvo Ocean Race has happened ashore Matthew Sheahan reports
This time around as crews tie up after finishing a leg they might as well…
Caribbean 600 race to feature up to 60 yachts from brand new carbon racers to two giant schooners
The RORC Caribbean 600 race, which begins on 23 February, will have a fleet of…
Paralympic sailing to be dropped for Tokyo 2020 Games
According to IPC President Sir Philip Craven, sailing, ‘did not fulfil the IPC Handbook’s minimum…