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HARD CHOICES

IN AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM HER NEW BOOK, PIP HARE REVEALS WHAT DROVE HER ON WHILE RACING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN OCEAN IN THE 2020 VENDÉE GLOBE.

INTO BATTLE

COULD THIS BE THE MOST COMPETITIVE VENDÉE GLOBE EVER? HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT WHAT THE SKIPPERS WILL BE FACING.

Mixed Fortunes at Marseille - The Paris 2024 sailing regatta saw mixed fortunes for many favourites - some confirming their dominance, others crashing out as variable winds played havoc.

The Paris 2024 sailing regatta saw mixed fortunes for many favourites - some confirming their dominance, others crashing out as variable winds played havoc. There was a lot that was fresh and innovative at this year's Games - a gender balanced fleet, new foiling classes, and new formats - but a combination of difficult conditions and tight schedule that had little flex (only a reserve day at the end) meant sailing had few opportunities to really showcase all it can offer at the Games.

Seven Dead in Superyacht Sinking - Seven people are dead following the sinking of the superyacht Bayesian, a 56m/184ft British-flagged Perini Navi, off the coast of Sicily.

The yacht sank in the early hours of the morning on Monday 19 August in a sudden storm, while at anchor off Porticello, south-east of Palermo on the Italian island's north coast.Twenty-two people were on board at the time: 10 crew members and 12 guests. Fifteen were rescued immediately following the sinking, including a one-year-old child and their parents. Emergency services recovered the body of the yacht's chef, Canadian Recaldo Thomas, soon after. A complex search and rescue operation was launched in order to find the six remaining passengers: the Bayesian's owner, tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch; his 18-year-old daughter Hannah; and friends and colleagues of Lynch's who were guests on board: lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife Neda; Jonathan Bloomer, the chair of Morgan Stanley International bank, and his wife Judy, a charity trustee. Over the following four days their bodies were recovered by specialist dive teams from the yacht which was resting in 160ft of water.

Nikki Henderson- Want to be a better skipper? think like an instructor

Recently I was fortunate enough to find myself on the bow during a race. Well, I thought it was fortunate but appreciate that sentiment could be up for debate... I don’t get so much opportunity to play on the pointy end these days. It was fun!I was readying the symmetric spinnaker for a bear away set. Having just fed the sheet and guy around to the starboard side and under the jib, I was bracing myself in some sort of yoga-starfish position. Right foot braced on a stanchion, left foot on the pulpit, my core muscles just about keeping me upright as I rolled the lines around to make sure they weren’t twisted before attaching them to the clew.

NIKKI HENDERSON

WHERE DO YOU FIND HANDY BILLY WHEN YOU NEED HIM?

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

IS OLYMPIC SAILING ACTUALLY HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS A SHOWCASE OF THE SPORT FOR BOTH COMPETITORS AND SPECTATORS?

Building fleet for Baltic Sea Race

The second edition of the Roschier Baltic Sea Race, a 635-mile race out of Helsinki, Norway, saw varied conditions and a new benchmark course time set.

New cruising charter 'Odyssey'

Charter company Dream Yacht has launched a new round the world supported cruising programme for yacht owners which draws on the company's extensive network of charter bases.

The yacht Bayesian

Bayesian is one of Italian yard Perini Navi's 56m series, originally named Salute.

5 EXPERT TIPS HELENA DARVELID ON MULTIHULL CONTROL

Performance multihull racing is growing hugely in popularity. Helena Darvelid shares some key learnings with Andy Rice

PALMA'S FUN FACTOR

FUN ON AND OFF THE WATER IS AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION AT THE SUPERYACHT CUP PALMA, WRITES PHIL RILEY

SWAN 88 DREAMCATCHER

GLOBAL LEADERS AT THE SEMI-CUSTOM END OF THE PRODUCTION SCENE, NAUTOR SWAN INVITED US FOR THE FIRST SEA TRIALS OF ITS BIG NEW 88

YYACHTS Y8 CALABASH

YYACHTS SPECIALISES IN 70-100FT SEMI-CUSTOM CARBON COMPOSITE CRAFT THAT EMBODY ITS 'KEEP IT SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY. TOBY HODGES SAILS THE LATEST

CNB 78 ONE

SUBTLE CHANGES BORN OUT OF CNB'S WEALTH OF OWNER EXPERIENCE HAVE MADE ITS REPLACEMENT FOR THE 76 A WELL-ROUNDED, EASILY MANAGED CRUISING CONTENDER, WRITES TOBY HODGES

A PATH BETWEEN THORNS

JAMES AND JAYNE PEARCE BRAVE THE THORNY PATH' WINDWARD ROUTE FROM THE BAHAMAS TO THE WINDWARD ISLES

COUNTING THE COSTS

HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU BUDGET FOR WHEN PLANNING TO GO BLUEWATER CRUISING? JEREMY WYATT QUIZZES SKIPPERS ABOUT TYPICAL EXPENDITURES

THE DAYSAILER PIONEER

THIS EXTRAORDINARY YACHT IS THE CULMINATION OF A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE BY SERIAL BOAT OWNER JACK SETTON. TOBY HODGES SAILED IT WITH HIM

EXPECTATION VS REALITY

TERYSA VANDERLOO ON WHAT THE FIRST YEAR OF SAILING AND LIVING ABOARD A PERFORMANCE MULTIHULL HAS TAUGHT HER

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

AMERICA'S CUP HISTORY IN MINIATURE REVEALS A LOT ABOUT HOW AND WHY THE EVENT HAS SUCH AN ENDURING APPEAL

CLUBS WAN 43

THIS CONTEMPORARY MULTI-MODE CRUISER-RACER IS ONE OF 2024'S MOST EXCITING LAUNCHES. TOBY HODGES WENT TO THE FINNISH YARD FOR THE FIRST SEA TRIALS... SORT OF...

DUFOUR 44

IT'S NOT JUST VOLUME THAT HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY IN PRODUCTION CRUISING YACHT DESIGN, IT'S HOW DESIGNERS AND SAILORS USE IT

PACIFIC FIRE

CAUGHT IN A WALL OF LIGHTNING IN A TRADITIONAL SAILING CANOE, THOR F JENSEN'S BID TO SAIL AROUND NEW GUINEA IS IN JEOPARDY

AMERICAN CLASSIC

THE NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE IS THE OLDEST OCEAN RACE IN THE WORLD. WILL SOFRIN TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S 636-MILE BLUEWATER CLASSIC

IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE?

DOES BRITAIN FINALLY HAVE A SHOT AT THE CUP? HELEN FRETTER TALKS TO INEOS BRITANNIA SKIPPER BEN AINSLIE AND HELMSMAN GILES SCOTT ABOUT WHY THIS TIME, IT'S DIFFERENT

ACROSS THE TOP

“That sea sure is mean,” our kind driver observes as my salty trio climbs into his truck, fresh off a roughand-tumble crossing of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

MOVE TO A MULTI

MULTIHULLS HAVE SOARED IN POPULARITY, BUT WHAT'S IT REALLY LIKE TO GO FROM A MONOHULL TO A CATAMARAN? LIVEABOARD CRUISER JOSHUA SHANKLE SHARES LESSONS LEARNED

THE NEXT CHAPTER

THE ARCHETYPAL SCHOONER CRUISER-RACER IS BACK ON THE CARIBBEAN CIRCUIT. NIGEL SHARP JOINED ADELA'S CREW FOR ITS FIRST REGATTA IN FIVE YEARS, THE ANTIGUA SUPERYACHT CHALLENGE

ZEMI FORM MEETS FUNCTION

MALCOLM MCKEON DELIGHTS IN THE CHANCE TO RACE HIS OWN DESIGN BALTIC 110 ZEMI AT THE ST BARTHS BUCKET.

PEGASUS TAKES OFF

MIXING NEW AND PROVEN IDEAS, PEGASUS HAS CREATED A SHORTHANDED FAST BLUEWATER YACHT WITH A MARKED DIFFÉRENCE, AS TOBY HODGES DISCOVERS ON A TWO-DAY TEST SAIL