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Chris Tibbs weather briefing: how temperature affects wind

  • May 9, 2016

As a group of islands the UK has a maritime climate to match our maritime history. Being surrounded by the ocean does mean that our weather is significantly influenced by…

5 tips: faster foils – make sure your keel and rudder are in tip top condition

  • May 5, 2016

If you want to go faster, which would you choose: a new headsail or a fully faired and professionally finished set of foils? If you currently have a silky smooth…

Cowes Week title sponsor returns for a final swansong

  • May 4, 2016

The investment management group’s support officially came to an end after the 2015 event, but with just three months to go until this year’s regatta, it was announced that they…

Seb Josse forced out of The Transat bakerly by mainsail damage

  • May 4, 2016

Going into the second day of racing, in the early hours of the morning on 4 May, Josse reported that he broached during a gybe, causing irreparable damage to a…

François Gabart's 100ft trimaran MACIF

Video: a look aboard MACIF, the giant trimaran designed to shatter world records

  • May 3, 2016

Before he left on his first solo transatlantic race this weekend, French sailor François Gabart allowed us this look aboard his 100ft/31m trimaran MACIF. Designed by VPLP, MACIF has been…

Maxine Sorel's VandB was damaged in a collision with a ship

Solo yacht damaged in ‘serious collision’ during The Transat bakerly

  • May 3, 2016

Organisers of The Transat bakerly this morning that solo skipper Maxime Sorel, racing a Class 40 yacht, VandB had what they termed ‘a serious collision with a cargo ship’ 90…

KIaloa III at Antigua Sailing Week

Video: watch the famous maxi Kialoa III back in action at Antigua Sailing Week

  • May 3, 2016

One of the stars at this year’s Antigua Sailing Week was the maxi Kialoa III. The 78-footer was visiting for the first time since winning the regatta in 1979. This…

A late summer cruise on the wild west coast of Ireland

  • May 3, 2016

lt’s the last sail of the season. The harbours are empty save for a few stragglers in denial of a season that never was, hoping to catch a final magical…

Loïck Peyron on Pen Duick II

Video: Loïck Peyron talks about racing solo across the Atlantic on Pen Duick II

  • May 1, 2016

It is 52 years since Eric Tabarly won the OSTAR. The late, great Frenchman’s victory, on his first ever solo Atlantic race, was feted in France and ignited a passion for…

Transat bakerly 2016 fleet Plymouth

Skippers prepare for The Transat bakerly, one of yacht racing’s toughest tests

  • April 29, 2016

Plymouth is where the sport of solo ocean racing was minted in 1960. The first transatlantic race to New York, the race that became famous as the OSTAR, was a…

Loïck Peyron: is the legendary French yachtsman the world’s greatest sailor?

  • April 29, 2016

Loïck Peyron's extraordinary career shows him as the ultimate all-rounder

Raymarine Quantum – a revolutionary new radar using Chirp technology

  • April 29, 2016

Raymarine claims its new Quantum Chirp radome is the lightest and most efficient radar in its class. Chirp technology is used increasingly by marine manufacturers in echo sounders to increase…

Canadian yachtsman is murdered following kidnapping in Philippines

  • April 27, 2016

John Ridsdel, 68, was taken hostage from the Ocean View Marina on Samal Island, Davao in 2015, along with another Canadian sailor, Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad and a Philippine…

Skip Novak: want a larger yacht? Sometimes smaller is better for exploratory cruising

  • April 27, 2016

Some years ago I piloted a 170ft superyacht down the coast of Chile. It was the owner’s 12th sailing boat, each one progressively larger than his original 40-footer. I assume…

Land Rover BAR launches its third America’s Cup test boat, ‘T3’

  • April 26, 2016

Land Rover BAR is the first of the America’s Cup Challengers to launch a third test boat, ‘T3’. With just over a year until the America’s Cup qualifying races begin…

World ARC crews talk to us in Colombia, first stop on their circumnavigation

  • April 25, 2016

Thirty-three yachts are in the early stages of a 26,000-mile circumnavigation with the sixth World ARC. It’s a 15-month cruise in company from Saint Lucia and the first stop was…

Planning an offshore passage? Get expert advice at the Bluewater Open Weekend

  • April 25, 2016

A free open boat weekend for bluewater sailors is being run by ARC rally organisers World Cruising Club at Berthon Boatyard in Lymington on the weekend of 14 and 15…

Join the Yachting World team – we’re looking for an enthusiastic all-rounder

  • April 22, 2016

Yachting World, the world’s most widely read sailing magazine, is looking for an organised and enthusiastic person to join our team, which is based in Farnborough, Hampshire. This is an…

Video: Watch our pick of the craziest stunts on sailing boats

  • April 21, 2016

1. The ‘Keel walk’ Alex Thomson made one of sailing’s most iconic images when he was photographed walking the keel of his yacht Hugo Boss. Getting the conditions right for…

A marine vacuum cleaner to suck up plastic? Meet the Seabin Project

  • April 21, 2016

Dame Ellen MacArthur made headlines recently by quoting memorable statistics that included: “One refuse truck’s worth of plastic is dumped into the sea every minute”, which will result in there…

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