Dee Caffari believes that getting ready for a big offshore race is a constant process. “It’s all about the preparation and I split my five top tips into three areas;…
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Extraordinary boats: Andrillot, the original ‘Vertue’ design
German boatbuilder Uli Killer was looking for a boat to sail while he was working on a big restoration project when he spotted Andrillot, a 25ft wooden cutter for sale…
Canova – The foiling superyacht designed for comfort
Were you to somehow be teleported into foiling superyacht, Canova’s palatial master cabin while under way – and let’s face it, many of us would like a sudden change of…
Jimmy Cornell: Why aluminium centreboarders are ideal for serious explorers
Both Aventura III, an Ovni 43, and Aventura IV, a Garcia Exploration 45, were aluminium centreboarders. Having clocked some 100,000 miles with them, including passages to Antarctica and the North…
From the Yachting World archives: The demise of the mighty 23 Metre racing cutters
With upwind sail areas not much short of 10,000ft2, these mighty 23 Metre gaff-rigged racing cutters were raced hard and fast at regattas around the British Isles and occasionally on…
100ft supermaxi Comanche looks set to confirm a new monohull 24 hour distance record
The new world sailing speed record for the greatest distance covered by a monohull in a single 24 hour period is now 620nm (subject to ratification by the World Speed Sailing…
Launched: the fastest monohull ever?
A 100-footer built for no other purpose than record breaking has been launched in the US. Wow!
Monohull record falls
Records are broken at the 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race
Abu Dhabi Breaks Fastnet Monohull record
Ian Walker’s new Volvo 70 is first monohull to finish and sets new record
Multi-faceted monohull
What you get when multihull and monohull designers collaborate
Monohull transat record falls
Swiss Open 60 sailor Bernard Stamm breaks Mari Cha III's record
Fastnet monohull record broken
All six of the Maxi One Designs broke the long standing monohull record