CATEGORIES

NEW GEAR

GENNAKER AND WATERPROOFS ON TEST, PLUS LATEST GEAR REVIEWED

Innovative PLB wins DAME award

British company Ocean Signal scooped the overall DAME design award, the marine industry’s largest equipment prize, for its rescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon (PLB).

MATT SHEAHAN

SOLO OCEAN RACERS MIGHT BE SUPERHUMAN THOUGH THEY’D HAVE US BELIEVE THEIR EXPLOITS ARE ALL PERFECTLY REASONABLE

SKIP NOVAK

HAVING WATCHED A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN VICTORY IN THE 1983 AMERICA’S CUP, COULD THE LATEST CHAPTER POSSIBLY RIVAL IT?

ΤΗΕ HIDDEN BALTIC

FROM POPULAR SCANDINAVIAN WATERS, TO OFF-THEBEATEN-TRACK EASTERN GEMS, WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS SHARE SIX GREAT BALTIC CRUISES

CURIOUS GENIUS

PETE GOSS HAS SAILED MORE DIFFERENT YACHTS THAN MOST OF US COULD IMAGINE, BUT IT’S A HOME-BUILT 32FT GAFFER THAT IS HIS CHEF-D’OEUVRE, AS ELAINE BUNTING FINDS OUT

NEW YACHTS

RACING, FAST CRUISING OR BOTH? TOBY HODGES LOOKS AT STRIKING OPTIONS

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO COME OUT AHEAD AT THE LEEWARD MARK

Would you cross an ocean in this?

Andrew Bedwell is preparing a world record attempt to cross the Atlantic in a 3ft 10in boat Ali Wood meets him at Southampton Boat Show

As darkness falls

Mike Humphreys risks grounding his Halcyon 23 in fading light to assist two teenagers stuggling with a capsized dinghy

Bigger Luggers

Designed to be a safe family boat for coastal trios, the Drascombe and Devon Luggers have taken intrepid sailors on some long sea passages

A flood of costs and a trickle of cash

Andy Pag attempts to rebuild a Spectra watermaker on a budget

Dufour 32

Peter Poland reports on the new 32-footer that reflects the many changes made down the years in the designs and dimensions of production cruising yachts

A buoyant boat market?

Peter Poland assesses how new boats at the Southampton International Boat Show reflect the current state of the sail and power markets

Post-Covid cruising in Greece

After two and a half years John Woolf returns to his Carambola 38 in Greece and spends three weeks getting her seaworthy again

A confusion of Daves

If in any doubt, just shout \"No, Dave!\"

Sail souvenirs

Reaching down memory lane in the Big Shed

A magical day

Looking back over the year, one very special sail stands out: the day of the dolphins

A yacht called Alice

Nicholas Bielby had always had a yen for steel-hulled yachts, so when the opportunity came up to own one that had survived being hit by a tanker, he couldn't resist developing her as a comfortable, family cruiser

Time, tide and the Thames

Unlike Arthur Ransome’s story, Trevor Cherrett really did mean to take his boat to sea but it didn't quite work out that way

A cruise on the French Riviera

Owen Moorhouse leaves the wilds of the New South Wales coastline to explore from Nice to Grimaud and back in a borrowed Jeanneau 33

SMART THINKING

FROM BREAKING RECORDS ON THE WATER TO TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS OFF IT, STAN HONEY'S STELLAR CAREER IS UNRIVALLED. SEAN MCNEILL CHATS TO THE SMARTEST MAN IN YACHTING

WONDER WINGSAILS

DO SUPERYACHT DESIGNERS HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THE FUTURE OF EFFICIENT SAILING AND SHIPPING? MARK CHISNELL REPORTS ON WHY VARIANTS OF THE WINGSAIL COULD BE COMING TO AN OCEAN NEAR YOU

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

HELEN FRETTER ON RUNNING TIDE

FLIGHT OF THE DRAGONS

SAILING A 120-YEAR-OLD FIFE RATER FROM PLYMOUTH TO LARGS WAS A VOYAGE OF PILGRIMAGE FOR DAN HOUSTON

THE BEAR HUNT

LEGENDARY SAILING PHOTOGRAPHER RICK TOMLINSON LEADS A WILDLIFE EXPEDITION SAIL IN SVALBARD

SPEED FREAK

MEET THE WORLD'S FIRST FOILING MAXI, FLYING NIKKA. DESIGNED FOR MEDITERRANEAN DISTANCE RACING, THIS 60FT SPACESHIP IS GOING TO SHAKE UP THE BIG BOAT SCENE, WRITES TOBY HODGES AFTER AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST SAIL

WATCH THIS SPACE

BENETEAU CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT PERFORMANCE HULL SHAPES ADAPT SMARTLY TO CRUISING NEEDS TOO, AS WE SAIL ITS PROTOTYPE NEW FLAGSHIP

DESERT STORMS

TAKING A STEEL KETCH THROUGH THE RED SEA IS A TEST OF NERVES FOR DENNIS KREBS

ENDURING APPEAL

THIS YEAR'S SUPERYACHT CUP PALMA MAY HAVE BEEN A TRICKY TEST ON THE BAY, BUT THE J CLASS HELPED ADD GLAMOUR TO THE SPECTACLE, AS ANDI ROBERTSON REPORTS