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How shared ownership can get you more boating with less stress

  • January 9, 2020

Traditional boat ownership is broken and outdated. At least, that’s the bold message coming from…

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The great escape: Why there’s no bad time to drop everything and sail away

  • January 9, 2020

How do we untie the lines that bind us? Family, jobs, homes, schools, pets, friends……

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How to stay afloat: Top tips for rescuing a sinking yacht

  • January 7, 2020

Twenty miles south of Salcombe, in deteriorating weather, Timothy Meo realised that the new 36-footer…

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Marine diesel engines: Understanding your yacht’s power plant

  • January 2, 2020

When Rudolf Diesel unveiled his engine to the world in 1892, it was nothing short…

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Decade in review: How the last 10 years changed the face of sailing

  • December 27, 2019

In January 2010 the Yachting World cover shot was of the giant Alinghi catamaran. Our…

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Ernesto Bertarelli: The Team Alinghi mastermind who shook up the America’s Cup

  • December 18, 2019

When Ernesto Bertarelli’s Alinghi (SUI64) crossed the finish line for the final time in Auckland,…

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1979 Fastnet Race: A lucky escape – Sir Peter Johnson’s story

  • December 9, 2019

To start, it was hardly distinguishable from any Round the Island race. Our beat down…

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Frers design: The family dynasty behind some of the world’s most beautiful yachts

  • December 2, 2019

It was the economist J K Galbraith who said that there was “no absolute standard…

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Hugo Boss: Sailing on board Alex Thomson’s £6million foiling machine

  • November 14, 2019

“What’s my speed? What’s the speed? What’s the boatspeed now?!” Alex Thomson hollers into a…

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Fastnet 79: Could sailing’s biggest disaster ever happen again?

  • November 7, 2019

Back in 1979, Ted Turner’s Tenacious won the Fastnet Race, with a corrected time of…

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Fastnet 2019: The inside story of an unforgettable race to the rock

  • November 5, 2019

They say you should never meet your heroes, lest they be found to be merely…

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Liferaft storage and preparation: Top tips from pro sailor Pip Hare

  • October 31, 2019

When was the last time you gave your liferaft a second thought? Once bought and…

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Amokura: The classic yacht celebrating her 80th anniversary on the racing circuit

  • October 29, 2019

There’s no shortage of stunning boats moored at Port Pendennis in Falmouth when I visit…

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Donald Crowhurst: The fake round-the-world sailing story behind The Mercy

  • October 2, 2019

It was while I was researching my book about madness at sea in 2015 that…

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Sardinia charter: Living the high life on a crewed Lagoon 620

  • September 11, 2019

Beam. Or beam and volume. Those are the dominant characteristics that spring to mind about…

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Fujin: The inside story of this carbon catamaran’s Caribbean refit

  • August 27, 2019

After Fujin capsized during the 2018 RORC Caribbean 600 race it would have been understandable…

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Kraken Cup: The most extreme sailing race you’ve never heard of

  • August 19, 2019

“This is probably the most extreme and uncomfortable sailing I’ve ever done,” says Simon Walker.…

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Eagle Class 53: The foiling cruiser inspired by the America’s Cup

  • August 6, 2019

Not everything that flies is destined to scorch around an America’s Cup course. The future…

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David Witt: The controversial character who shook up the Volvo Ocean Race

  • August 6, 2019

“I am a dinosaur,” David Witt tells me. It’s a gift of a quote from…

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Running aground: Lessons learned from a nightmare scenario

  • August 6, 2019

We hit the sandspit at something over five knots and went hard aground. A moment…

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