There was a moment during yesterday’s live broadcast from the Volvo Ocean Race final day that left the normally loquacious commentator Conrad Colman momentarily lost for words. I gasped watching.…
Helen Fretter
Editor
Who will win the Volvo Ocean Race? With two legs to go it’s tense at the top
Dongfeng Race Team won today’s Sky Ocean Rescue in-port race in Cardiff today. At the beginning of this edition of the round the world race it looked like the in-port…
Pro navigator’s tips on how to use the ocean’s currents for an offshore advantage
There are a number of yacht races around the world in which strategic decisions on whether to go into or out of ocean currents can have a significant impact on…
June 2018
On sale 10 May, in the June 2018 issue of Yachting World we find out what you can do to prepare for a trouble-free transatlantic? 254 skippers share their unmissable…
Cheeki Rafiki boss cleared of manslaughter, MCA advice may be reviewed
Douglas Innes, whose company Stormforce Coaching managed the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki, has today been cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence. Cheeki Rafiki capsized mid-Atlantic in 2014, leading to the…
Jury retires to consider its verdict in Cheeki Rafiki manslaughter trial
The jury in the trial of Douglas Innes, the former boss of Stormforce Coaching that managed the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki, which capsized mid-Atlantic in 2014 causing the deaths of four…
May 2018
On sale 12 April, in the May 2018 issue of Yachting World we explore the ever-increasing options for getting paid to go sailing around the world – and we catch…
Sailing away: how to turn dreams into a successful family circumnavigation
This is part two of the Craven family’s story – read part one here. We approached Cocos Keeling at first light and had to pick our way through the coral…
Brunel wins gruelling Leg 7 of Volvo Ocean Race, Scallywag vows to race on
In what has been one of the most challenging Volvo Ocean Race stages of recent editions, Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel took the double-points Leg 7 win from Dongfeng Race Team.…
UPDATED British Volvo Ocean Race sailor John Fisher lost in Southern Ocean
Following the tragic loss of Volvo Ocean Race sailor John Fisher yesterday, Team Sun Hung Kai Scallywag has issued the following update on what happened: On Monday, 26th March, Team…
How this family made their two-year round the world sailing dream happen
Surreal. Not a breath of wind tonight. The sea’s surface is flat and unbroken. The sky is utterly cloudless and filled with stars. A half moon lights up the entire…
The perfect boat: what makes an ideal offshore cruising yacht?
Choosing a boat for offshore cruising is not a decision to be taken lightly. I have researched this topic on dozens of rallies, speaking to hundred of skippers. Everyone you…
April 2018 issue
On sale 8 March, in the April 2018 issue of Yachting World legendary sailor Pete Goss has an inspiring tale of moving to a bluewater life, and the adventurous new…
Vestas skipper gives first account of fatal collision, and Volvo Race launch report on racing in high traffic areas
Following the collision between Vestas 11th Hour Racing and a fishing vessel in the final stages of the Volvo Ocean Race Leg 4 into Hong Kong on 19 January, which…
Team AkzoNobel grasps a nail-biting Volvo Ocean Race Leg 6 win
twJust two minutes and 14 seconds separated the winner and the runner-up of Leg 6 in the Volvo Ocean Race after 6,344 miles and 20 days of racing. Less than…
Beached, abandoned mid-ocean, capsized… Acapella, the invincible little yellow trimaran
They say a cat has nine lives, A Capella is a trimaran which seems to have twice as many, writes Andi Robertson. Next year the Route du Rhum, the storied…
March 2018 issue
On sale 8 February, in the March 2018 issue of Yachting World we reveal the very best new yachts for 2018, with 15 exciting new designs tried and tested by…
Man overboard mid-ocean: what really happens during a MOB rescue in the Volvo Ocean Race?
On 14 January, some 2,000 miles from Hong Kong, 25-year-old Alex Gough was swept overboard from the Volvo 65 Sun Hung Kai Scallywag as they prepared for a sail change.…
Vestas 11th Hour Racing involved in fatal collision in final stages of Volvo Ocean Race Leg 4
In the final stages of Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race last night, Vestas 11th Hour Racing was involved in a serious collision 30 miles south-east of Hong Kong…
Scallywag secures dramatic win in Hong Kong to take Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race
In a leg that will have up-ended the scoreboard of the Volvo Ocean Race, Hong Kong backed team Sun Hun Kai Scallywag took the win on Leg 4 on Friday,…