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Should Skip Novak, the yacht's owner, just stay below when the professional skipper is in charge?

Does a professional skipper ever outrank his or her yacht’s owner?

  • August 16, 2017

Having been a skipper of other people’s yachts in my former life and, for almost three decades now, a ‘poor bloody owner’ – most of the time employing skippers –…

Beach rescue – Skip Novak aids lone yachtsman recovering yacht from remote shore

  • July 28, 2017

It is rare to leave the Antarctic Peninsula earlier than need be. No matter how much time you allow for a cruise in that splendid and awe-inspiring environment it is…

Video tour of Adventuress, the glorious 83ft Fife-designed 1924 schooner

  • March 31, 2017

Take a walk through the stunning interior of newly restored 83ft Fife schooner Adventuress

Ready for the ARC rally: what you need to know about the world’s biggest transocean event

  • November 17, 2014

Some 180 yachts and 1,200 crews are getting ready to set off on Sunday 23 November on the annual transatlantic ARC rally from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria to Saint Lucia.…

Bob Shepton: adventurer joins the ranks of Chichester and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston

  • November 12, 2014

Former chaplain is a sailing legend

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