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A skiff with stabilisers? Meet ep0h, a skiff that anyone can sail

  • June 8, 2016

This is a skiff with big ambition: ep0h stands for ‘exponential pleasure, zero hassle’. The goal was to create a skiff that anyone can sail even if they are not…

Skip Novak: something should be done about the number of rescues in major ocean races

  • June 6, 2016

Describing grand-prix offshore sailors as ‘idiots’ continually in need of rescue (as someone did in a letter to Yachting World recently) is a tad strong in the language. Nevertheless I…

The visionary custom yacht designs that have shaped Vismara Marine over 30 years

  • June 3, 2016

Vismara Marine has always been an exciting, fresh and different company. Its yachts are fast, light and inspirational designs. To look at the history of this Italian custom yacht specialist…

What are the best remedies for seasickness? We find out in our transatlantic survey

  • June 2, 2016

Seasickness is an age-old problem, but how common is it and how can we prevent or treat it? We conducted a survey among 450 sailors taking part in the ARC…

Beneteau's Oceanis Yachts 62

Video: Oceanis Yachts 62 – first of a new luxury range from Beneteau

  • June 1, 2016

Note the title ‘Oceanis Yachts’ 62. I missed it at first, assuming this was a new flagship for Beneteau’s traditional Oceanis range. But no, this 62-footer represents the first of…

VO70 MAPFRE accidental gybe

Video: 5 of the scariest accidental gybes – could you get out of these?

  • June 1, 2016

1. The Southern Ocean stormer VO70 MAPFRE buries into a wave at high speed, slows down and when the apparent wind shoots back suddenly they gybe. Then the crew find themselves pinned…

Short-handed navigation – and how to create your ‘road book’

  • May 31, 2016

Navigating when sailing short-handed can be an often-overlooked challenge. It can throw up stressful situations, particularly when it is the responsibility of just one member of the crew, navigating in…

Bras d’Or lake in Nova Scotia is an oasis of calm

  • May 27, 2016

Our Mason 44, Frances B, on the run from ever-colder climes farther north, swept by Cape Anguille at the tip of St George Bay on the south-west coast of Newfoundland.…

5 tips on developing your polar diagrams to improve your boat speed

  • May 25, 2016

Sails are fresh, the bottom is clean, there’s a good crew, but you’ve been losing out to similar boats on the downwind legs. The helmsman is sailing as close as…

Bluewater cruisers list their choice of essential kit that cost under €500

  • May 23, 2016

Peter Forbes Amel 54 Carango Currently undertaking a circumnavigation with World ARC. After a career in aviation, engineering and manufacturing, Forbes examined and tested a series of bluewater yachts from…

Get out of that! Dismasting – Mike Golding explains what to do as soon as it happens

  • May 19, 2016

Although it is difficult to understand exactly what went wrong, we can deduce the following: prior to the dismasting the boat was on starboard and probably footing or reaching under…

Hans Horrevoets

Volvo Ocean Race marks the tenth anniversary of death of Hans Horrevoets

  • May 18, 2016

In an unusual and poignant gesture the Volvo Ocean Race today marked one of its greatest tragedies. A release was issued to comemorate  the tenth anniversary of the death of Dutch sailor Hans…

Video: is this the most exciting thing you can do with your crew?

  • May 17, 2016

Scroll down for video How to swing aboard the First 40 Sailplane – the video that went viral on Yachting World’s Facebook page. We spoke to Joe Bottomley, the boat’s…

How to use the outside gybe for short-handed sailing. Pip Hare explains

  • May 17, 2016

Outside gybing is not purely reserved for boats with extra-short poles or top notch race crews. If you practise, it can be less risky than pulling the clew inside the…

Loïck Peyron on board Pen Duick II

Rig damage forces Loïck Peyron out of The Transat bakerly solo Atlantic race

  • May 16, 2016

Damage to a staysail fitting has ended Loïck Peyron’s nostalgic solo transatlantic race in the ketch Duick II. Peyron decided to turn round and retire to France yesterday, quitting The…

Catamaran Sailing Techniques: Everything you need to know

  • May 16, 2016

The attraction of sailing a boat that offers the vast living space found on a catamaran may one day mean that your average monohull sailor is faced with the need…

Richard Tolkien, rescued in the North Atlantic by a cargo ship after sustaining a head injury

Mid Atlantic rescue after British solo racer Richard Tolkien suffers head injury

  • May 14, 2016

British sailor Richard Tolkien has been rescued by a cargo ship after sustaining a head injury during the solo The Transat bakerly race from Plymouth to New York. Tolkien, 61,…

Reinventing Barbados – the Caribbean island works to welcome back cruisers

  • May 13, 2016

Barbados is one of the most popular tropical islands on the planet, especially with Britons, who flock to its pristine sandy beaches to relax and enjoy the hot Caribbean sun.…

François Gabart and his giant trimaran MACIF conquer The Transat bakerly

  • May 13, 2016

French sailor François Gabart crossed the finish line of The Transat bakerly this week in his 100ft trimaran MACIF to take line honours. Gabart finished in 8d 8h 54m, just…

Extraordinary boats: MACIF, an Ultime for the ultimate solo round the world race

  • May 11, 2016

With the ORMA 60 and MOD70 trimaran classes successfully killed off, you would have thought that French multihull sailors might do the sensible thing and consolidate their efforts in a…

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