On a headland outside the town Falmouth Coastguard station looks out to sea like a sentinel. Binoculars lie on the window ledge, but the days of watching, at least physically,…
Watch this first look video walkthrough of the stylish new Grand Soleil LC46
Grand Soleil have come up with something really different in their new LC46. After the company was bought last year by the Italian Sly Yachts group they’ve diversified from their…
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 is known colloquially as WOXI, and in the last decade this big beast has successfully…
10 facts you may not know about the J Class
From sail numbers to deck gear, discover interesting facts about the J Class and how this regatta has left a lasting mark on sailing
Baby on board: a parents’ guide to the challenges and rewards of sailing with children
Like any couple on the brink of starting a family James and I would talk about having a baby, but couldn’t really comprehend how it would work sailing with children.…
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 coral waters
J Class racing: what’s behind the close competition and spectacle of sail
Photographs were what made the J Class famous. The camera has always loved their sweeping lines, and frozen the elegance of racing in an instant of silent beauty. But for…
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 in a parallel regatta during the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda in 2017. This is…
World’s first wifi radar – wireless radar straight to your iPad with this device
Furuno’s new 1st Watch Wireless Radar is the first wifi radar in the world and makes radar affordable and practical for virtually all yacht owners. It comprises a radome, a…
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 those used to hiking with their well trained quads, honed stomach muscles and a backsides…
5 tips: bowman signals. Get a great start with clear signs to helmsman and trimmers
Five seconds to the start and the row of bows is accelerating towards the line. A boat to windward is early and obscuring your view of the start boat. The…
Shipping containers lost at sea: how much of a danger are they to sailing yachts?
When you are offshore and looking at empty water stretching all around, the odds of running into something barely visible seem very slim. Yet the hazard is common enough to…
Recommissioning: how to prepare your yacht to sail away after laying up
If you are leaving your boat for a period of time it may work out well to leave a job list with the yard or associated workmen, so inquire about…
What is it really like to race onboard a J Class yacht?
Photographs were what made the J Class famous. The camera has always loved their sweeping lines and frozen the elegance of racing in an instant of silent beauty. But for…
Inside J class yacht Hanuman
For Hanuman’s interior, Jim Clark stayed loyal to the designer behind Hyperion and Athena, Pieter Beeldsnijder. His style has been particularly successful aboard this yacht – intricate carvings of the…
Velsheda JK7
VELSHEDA JK7 Designed by: Charles Nicholson, reconfigured in 1996 by Gerard Dykstra Build: Camper & Nicholsons in 1933 Identifying features: Dark blue hull; classic deck features including double doghouse; blue,…
Ranger J5 – the first completely new J Class yacht
RANGER J5 Designed by Starling Burgess and Olin Stephens. Re-worked by Studio Scanu, Reichel-Pugh, and Fred Elliott Build: Danish Yacht Boatyard in 2002/3 Identifying features: White hull, barrel bow Odds:…
Hanuman JK6
J class yacht Hanuman is the modern interpretation of Sir Tommy Sopwith’s 1936 J Class Endeavour II. Named after a Hindu monkey god descended from the wind god Pavana, this…
J Class yacht Rainbow J/H2 – the Dutch destroyer
Replica of original Rainbow, designed by Starling Burgess in 1931 and hastily revisited for the 1934 America’s Cup Defence. Rainbow beat Endeavour, although she was acknowledged to be slower. Redesigned…
J Class yacht Lionheart J/H1 – replica of an original that was never built
Replica of an original design by Burgess/Stephens in 1936, reconfigured by André Hoek. Built by Freddie Bloemsma and Claassen Jachtbouw, launched 2010 Identifying features: Black hull like Rainbow, but squared…