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Sarah Young Clipper Race fatality

Clipper Round the World Race crew dies after man overboard in the Pacific

  • April 1, 2016

A crewmember racing in the Clipper Round the World Race has died after being swept…

New CEO for Volvo Ocean Race as Mark Turner takes the helm

  • April 1, 2016

Mark Turner has been appointed Volvo Ocean Race CEO, stepping down after 23 years at…

Cowes fire

The irreplaceable boats lost in the 2016 Cowes fire – ‘the greatest single loss of classic yachts’

  • March 4, 2016

The Medina Village site where the Cowes fire occurred comprises several industrial units off Bridge…

Wreck found after drifting for 9 years and 10,000 miles in the Southern Ocean is Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss

  • February 22, 2016

These photos of the shipwrecked hull of Alex Thomson’s Hugo Boss were taken in February…

Video clips show ARC yacht Magritte sinking as they wait for rescue by ship

  • February 10, 2016

In the early evening of 3 December, Steve Arnold, the skipper and owner of the yacht Magritte,…

EYOTY

Best 5 new yachts named winners of the European Yacht of the Year 2015/2016

  • January 23, 2016

Now in its 12th year, the European Yacht of the Year is judged by journalists…

Is Colombia the new must-visit destination for cruisers? We report from Santa Marta

  • January 14, 2016

As the first boats arrived in Santa Marta Colombia completing the first leg of this…

Volvo Race winner Ian Walker awarded Yachtsman of the Year trophy

  • January 12, 2016

Volvo Ocean Race winner Ian Walker was today awarded the boats.com/Yachting Journalists’ Association Yachtsman of…

Working on the foredeck in heavy weather

On too long a lead: how your lifejacket harness could kill you

  • December 28, 2015

How the lifejacket/harness combination we rely on at sea could prove fatal

Wild Oats XI retires with sail damage as brutal squalls hammer Rolex Sydney Hobart Race

  • December 26, 2015

Gale force southerly headwinds and rough seas have been pummelling the favourites for the Rolex…

Video: amazing footage of desperate puppy rescued by yacht crew

  • December 25, 2015

Watch one very lucky labrador puppy lost overboard in the Gulf of Naples nearly a mile…

Chris and Helen Tibbs and crew of Taisteali finish the ARC

ARC 2015 wraps up after one of the fastest Atlantic crossings in 30 years

  • December 23, 2015

ARC 2015 has wrapped up in Saint Lucia following one of the fastest and largest…

Spindrift 2 off Cape Horn

Amazing drone video of maxi catamaran Spindrift 2 as crew rounds Cape Horn on record bid

  • December 22, 2015

Yann Guichard and crew on the 130ft maxi catamaran Spindrift 2 passed close to Cape…

Wild Oats XI

Watch how Wild Oats XI was cut in half and rebuilt for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race 2015

  • December 22, 2015

This video by Crosbie Lorimer shows Bob Oatley’s now legendary Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI in…

Paul Meilhat on IMOCA 60 SMA

Solo skipper airlifted near Azores with fractured hip, keel problems plague others

  • December 16, 2015

French solo sailor Paul Meilhat has been stretchered off his IMOCA 60 yacht SMA and…

Yacht capsize

Why are breaking waves so dangerous to yachts? Watch this video and see

  • December 16, 2015

Dramatic video illustration of how a relatively small breaking wave can capsize a yacht

French solo sailor Jean-Luc Van Den Heede

Adventurers and solo racers sign up for 50th anniversary Golden Globe Race 2018

  • December 16, 2015

While many races have struggled to raise fleet numbers in the last few years, one…

Land Rover BAR capsize during training in Solent

  • December 11, 2015

The 45ft foiling cat named ‘T2’ is the team’s latest boat to be launched and…

IDEC chases Jules Verne record pace and sets new record in the process

  • December 11, 2015

To date Francis Joyon’s crew aboard IDEC Sport has trailed Yann Guichard & Donna Bertarelli’s…

The ARC crew were rescued around 130 miles west of the Cape Verde islands

ARC crew is rescued by a cargo ship within hours of their yacht sinking

  • December 6, 2015

Four crew taking part in the ARC transatlantic rally were rescued a matter of hours…

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