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Drastic early days of broken boats and high drama in Whitbread Round the World Race

  • April 24, 2018

This year is the 40th anniversary of the round the world race, now the Volvo…

The perfect boat: what makes an ideal offshore cruising yacht?

  • March 11, 2018

Choosing a boat for offshore cruising is not a decision to be taken lightly. I…

No stone unturned: behind the scenes with Dongfeng Race Team in the Volvo Ocean Race

  • January 12, 2018

A plume of spray smokes from the windward rudder of Turn the Tide on Plastic.…

Why cruising sailors should consider using a professional weather router

  • September 8, 2017

Should you consider support from a professional weather router on your next ocean crossing? With costs…

Why do keel failures happen and what can we do to prevent it?

  • June 10, 2017

Matthew Sheahan investigates the incidence of keel failure in recent years and finds some worrying…

Why do the new Vendee Globe IMOCA 60 yachts have foils?

  • December 1, 2016

Foils are the newest phenomenon on the Vendée Globe race and one that looks as…

5 tips: avoiding a breakdown – so gear failure doesn’t let you down on the racecourse

  • September 6, 2016

It has been a tight race in a building breeze, but you’ve maintained the lead…

Pip Hare: How to stay safe on board when you’re sailing short-handed

  • August 30, 2016

A man overboard is every double-handed crew’s nightmare; with only one pair of hands left…

5 tips: how to deal with snagging weed and hooking pots on an offshore race

  • August 24, 2016

The sails look great and you’ve just spent money on having the keel faired and…

Keeping safe for ocean cruising – it’s an attitude of mind, says Chris Tibbs

  • August 22, 2016

Safety is as much a state of mind as it is the equipment we have…

Weather briefing: Chris Tibbs explains the formation of a secondary low

  • August 15, 2016

Some years ago while racing somewhere south of the Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Ocean,…

5 tips: finding clear air in a crowded racing fleet

  • August 11, 2016

For the leading boats clear air comes free, but for those locked in the middle…

Disaster relief by yacht – how cruisers around the world are doing their bit

  • August 9, 2016

Gusting up to 190mph, Cyclone Winston was the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded reaching land…

Solo sailor dodges hurricanes and ice on a North Atlantic crossing

  • August 5, 2016

An eastward crossing of the Atlantic in June or July should be easy for a…

Rio, a cruiser’s perspective – should you drop everything and sail there?

  • August 4, 2016

Scarcely ruffled by a lazy late afternoon breeze, the sea was an oily pink and…

A challenge, not a spectacle: onboard the RC44s

  • July 15, 2016

The RC44 class is in the UK for the first time this weekend. Helen Fretter…

Chris Tibbs weather briefing: the dangers of cold fronts or ‘squall lines’

  • July 13, 2016

Outside the tropics much of our sailing takes place in the disturbed westerly airflow that…

36ft Zest is hit by a ‘14m’ rogue wave and dismasted off Spain. Skipper’s story

  • July 7, 2016

You know when you’ve been hit by a rogue wave. The energy within it is…

Bear necessities: Cruising the Broughton islands on Canada’s Pacific coast

  • July 1, 2016

We left Dead Point at 0800 in a flat calm and entered Beware Passage –…

Skip Novak goes sailing to climb mountains – in the wake of Tilman

  • June 29, 2016

I have always thought that voyaging under sail is more gratifying when it has an…

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