Roberto and Luisa Lacorte are passionate sailors with enviable track records of yacht ownership, including Flying Nikka, the Mark Mills-designed Mini Maxi that uses similar foiling technology to the America’s…
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‘Boat ownership is a wildly impractical love affair, and gets complicated when you’re smitten’ – Nikki Henderson
Being a professional sailor, I realise how stupid this is, and I really should know better. From working for owners and using their credit cards to pay the bills, I…
Great Seamanship: Becoming Coastal – A small boat in big seas
Alex Zimmerman gives us a new perspective on small boat seafaring. His vessels are Hornpipe, a sail and oar boat to a design by local British Columbia designer Don Kurylko,…
Eagle 46 First Look: Elegant design with eco-friendly features
The Eagle 46’s elegant and timeless lines feature very long overhangs, but there are state-of-the-art appendages under the water and a powerful sloop rig. The deck layout is set up…
Best Yachts of 2025: European Yacht of the Year 2025 Winners
The European Yacht of the Year 2025 winners were announced this evening, Saturday 18 January 2025 on the first night of the Dusseldorf Boat Show. Dubbed the ‘oscars of yachting’…
How the 37th America’s Cup technology revealed superhuman skill levels from the sailors
What the eye couldn’t see was a big topic of conversation in Barcelona during the America’s Cup. With crews huddled down below the sheerline inside their individual cockpits, the only…
World’s Coolest Yachts: AC45F
“The AC45F foiler was the one design boat we raced in 2016, leading up into the America’s Cup in Bermuda,” says Freddie Carr. “The reason it’s my favourite is it…
Getting into bluewater cruising: ‘I wanted to see the world… and I just kept going’
All the luckiest kids I know spent their childhoods messing about in boats. They had water-loving parents and garages filled with glassfibre toys, and sailed their dinghies and raced with…
Vendée Globe rookie, Yoann Richomme secures second place
Yoann Richomme, skipper of Paprec Arkéa, has secured an impressive second-place finish in the 2024-2025 Vendée Globe, completing his first attempt at the famous race in 65 days, 18 hours,…
Charlie Dalin clinches victory in the 2024/25 Vendée Globe and sets a new race record
French sailor Charlie Dalin has secured a long-awaited and hard-earned victory in the 2024 Vendée Globe, the grueling solo, non-stop, around-the-world yacht race. Dalin, skipper of Macif Santé Prévoyance, crossed…
New SJ66: A classic concept with a contemporary profile
Stephen Jones and Jonty Sherwill, the two names behind the SJ66 concept, need little introduction and have collaborated on numerous projects across several decades, including the Starlight 35, 38 and…
Charlie Dalin set for record breaking Vendée Globe victory
The winner of the 2024-25 Vendée Globe will be crowned early tomorrow, Tuesday January 15, and it looks set to be Charlie Dalin on Macif Santé Prévoyance. Dalin, who has…
The design secrets of Charlie Dalin’s Vendée Globe winning IMOCA revealed
Charlie Dalin approached the 2024 Vendée Globe with a unique perspective. Dalin’s previous boat, Apivia (now Clarisse Cremer’s L’Occitane en Provence) was one of the benchmark IMOCAs of its generation.…
‘We had not really planned to go to Vanuatu, but had no other choice’
I’m looking up at an almost naked young man 60 feet in the air. He’s balancing on a platform built of sticks and branches, raised on a mountain top in…
Vendée Globe: Guide to the Atlantic race home
The Vendée Globe is the world’s ultimate race course: one non-stop lap of the globe. The race started in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on 10 November. There are three marks…
How to go cruising in the Baltic this winter
Sailing in the Baltic is increasingly popular, and for all the right reasons: beautiful cruising grounds, lovely weather, interesting history and hospitable countries. But the 90-day limit for non-Schengen passport…
Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez: A maritime history book
The great French sailor, Eric Tabarly, an instrumental figure in the origins of what is now Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez, is reputed to have said that strolling along the quays…
Cruising the coast of Taiwan: A culture rich in seafaring history
We were still five miles from port when we realised that clearing into Taiwan might not be as simple as we’d hoped. Our VHF radio crackled into life and a…
Two sailors killed in separate incidents during Rolex Sydney Hobart Race
Organisers of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Race, which started on 26 December, have confirmed that tragically two sailors have died overnight in separate incidents during the race. According to a…
Your complete guide to using radar on a yacht
Collision avoidance technology has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Radar has become more affordable, more intuitive to use and easier to install. We can now track approaching vessels…