Regatta organisers are reporting a boom in Caribbean yacht charter entries, and, with more yachts available than ever before, the opportunities to pay and play for some racing in the…
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Sailing Pellew, the biggest Falmouth pilot cutter in 150 years
The upper reaches of the River Truro are not an obvious source of sailing innovation. No foiling cats fly over its shallows as at nearby Carrick Roads. The high-tech superyachts…
Coronavirus and sailing: How COVID-19 will change the way we sail
Looking north from the seafront at Cowes this April, you’d have seen the Solent as no-one in living memory has ever done: an empty vista of sea. Even two world…
Champagne Hippy: From sunken wreck to luxury charter yacht in 13 months
Champagne Hippy was never expected to sail again. When the keel ripped off the 82ft Polina Star III in July 2015 it sent shockwaves through the marine industry, and left…
Sardinia charter: Living the high life on a crewed Lagoon 620
Beam. Or beam and volume. Those are the dominant characteristics that spring to mind about cruising catamarans. You expect huge full-width saloons and cabins spread out across metres of multihull.…
Buy to let guide: owning and chartering a catamaran – everything you need to know about how to make it work
The organisers of the International Multihull Boat Show in La Grande Motte, estimate that somewhere between 900 and 1,100 catamarans were built last year. Demand is raging, leaving manufacturers scrambling…
Skip Novak sails 4,000 miles to refit his charter fleet in the South Atlantic winter
Pelagic Australis, the flagship of my two-boat fleet, which includes the original Pelagic (my ‘Pelagians’ call me the Commodore), was back on station in the Falkland Islands at the end…
Cost effective options at Cowes Week
A comprehensive range of charter packages will be on offer at this year's Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week
Opportunities at Antigua Sailing Week
If you are thinking of taking part in the most famous Caribbean regatta, there are plenty of charter opportunities - we list a few of them here
Safe to charter?
Beware charter yachts that fall below proper safety standards - they are out there...
Plastic piping and beer
The ins and outs of coroporate charter regattas
Buddies join up for charter in Antigua
A group of 10 friends find out that chartering a yacht for Antigua Sailing Week if one of the best ways to have fun
Match racing fleet for charter
Berkeley Marine has won the competitive tender for the fleet seven RYA First Class 8s and will be using them for corporate events, challenge programmes and training
Kingfisher snapped up for charter
Kingfisher, the open 60 is being chartered under the banner of 'Team888'
All aboard the Orient Express for the big America’s Cup Jubilee
Topsail Charters and The Train Chartering Company have organised a special spectator event during the America’s Cup Jubilee regatta week