On the third night of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC 2015) a small Italian yacht in the racing division, with five Italian sailors on board, broached in a gust.…
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HH Catamarans – a new range of performance cruisers from China
HH Catamarans is a name you may not have heard of (yet), but behind this new brand is one of the largest-scale investments and boldest thinking in some years. The…
Volvo Race winner Ian Walker awarded Yachtsman of the Year trophy
Volvo Ocean Race winner Ian Walker was today awarded the boats.com/Yachting Journalists’ Association Yachtsman of the Year Award. Dubbed ‘the knighthood of sailing’ the award, whose previous winners include such…
Guns on board yachts – are you for or against?
Should you carry a gun on board your boat, or are they more trouble than they're worth? Let us know what you think
On too long a lead: how your lifejacket harness could kill you
How the lifejacket/harness combination we rely on at sea could prove fatal
Wild Oats XI retires with sail damage as brutal squalls hammer Rolex Sydney Hobart Race
Gale force southerly headwinds and rough seas have been pummelling the favourites for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2015 fleet and caused havoc among the leading super maxis. Eight times line…
Video: a little reminder of why we love sailing so much
Aren’t sailing and boats magic? The variety of the experience, from beautiful classic yachts and serene days of light winds to full-on heavy weather it encompasses every emotion. This video…
Video: amazing footage of desperate puppy rescued by yacht crew
Watch one very lucky labrador puppy lost overboard in the Gulf of Naples nearly a mile from shore being picked up by a yacht crew, dried off and cuddled. She was…
Video: how huge foils are revolutionising Vendée Globe round the world race yachts
Here’s a spectacular video of the new IMOCA 60 Safran, which French skipper Morgan Lagravière will be sailing alone round the world next November in the Vendee Globe 2016. It clearly shows…
ARC 2015 wraps up after one of the fastest Atlantic crossings in 30 years
ARC 2015 has wrapped up in Saint Lucia following one of the fastest and largest event in the 30-year history of the transatlantic rally from Las Palmas. Over 260 yachts…
Amazing drone video of maxi catamaran Spindrift 2 as crew rounds Cape Horn on record bid
Yann Guichard and crew on the 130ft maxi catamaran Spindrift 2 passed close to Cape Horn yesterday after only 30 days at sea since leaving the start line off Brittany. They…
Watch how Wild Oats XI was cut in half and rebuilt for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2015
This video by Crosbie Lorimer shows Bob Oatley’s now legendary Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI in action earlier this month after her modifications at McConaghy Boats. They were done in preparation…
Solo skipper airlifted near Azores with fractured hip, keel problems plague others
French solo sailor Paul Meilhat has been stretchered off his IMOCA 60 yacht SMA and airlifted to hospital on the island of Terceira in the Azores after suffering a fractured…
Why are breaking waves so dangerous to yachts? Watch this video and see
Dramatic video illustration of how a relatively small breaking wave can capsize a yacht
Adventurers and solo racers sign up for 50th anniversary Golden Globe Race 2018
While many races have struggled to raise fleet numbers in the last few years, one very old-fashioned and potentially slow race has already garnered 30 entries for its start in…
ARC crew is rescued by a cargo ship within hours of their yacht sinking
Four crew taking part in the ARC transatlantic rally were rescued a matter of hours before their yacht sank last week. Skipper Steve Arnold and his crew were doing the…
Round the world record crews face dangers of ice in the Southern Ocean
Just two weeks after starting off Brest, the crew of maxi trimaran Spindrift is in the Southern Ocean and dodging ice on their attempt to break the non-stop round the…
Ocean Cruising Club mourns Mary Barton, one of ocean sailing’s leading figures
Mary Barton, Admiral of the Ocean Cruising Club, died on 1 December, a few days before her 95th birthday. Mary was an intrinsic part of the club since its earliest days.…
Franck Cammas is recovering and “will not lose the use of his right foot”
French sailor Franck Cammas, who suffered a serious leg injury on Monday after falling overboard from a GC32 catamaran and being hit by the rudder, has been operated on and…
Yours for €2.75 million – Mariquita, the elegant and glamorous 125ft Fife design
Not very often does a yacht come on the market that has such a storied history behind her. Marquita, the glorious Fife design, one of the most elegant yachts in…