Yachting World - September 2021

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ATLANTIC NORTHBOUND
A 6,000-mile passage from Cape Town to the Azores was a fitting finale to an epic cruising circumnavigation.

QUEEN OF THE SEAS
How childhood memories influenced the design of a brand new ketch built for the 21st century along classic lines.

50 OF THE BEST BLUE WATER MULTIHULLS

TOBY HODGES AND FRANÇOIS TREGOUET CONSIDER THE TOP CATAMARAN AND TRIMARAN OPTIONS FOR SAILING THE OCEANS IN SPACIOUS COMFORT

10+ mins

BEST FOR LAST

SAILING THE ATLANTIC FROM CAPE TOWN TO AZORES MARKED THE END OF AN EIGHT-YEAR CIRCUMNAVIGATION FOR DUTCH COUPLE WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS

10+ mins

QUEEN OF THE SEAS

FROM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES TO A BRAND NEW KETCH DESIGNED TO HANDLE THE 21ST CENTURY, SAECWEN’S OWNER HAS CREATED A TRUE MODERN CLASSIC, AS NIC COMPTON FINDS OUT

10+ mins

ALL ABOARD FOR THE RIDE

IMOCA 60S ARE DESIGNED FOR SOLO RACING, SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT A FULL CREW ON BOARD TO RACE 2,000 MILES? MATTHEW SHEAHAN REPORTS

9 mins

TAKING THE HELM

A DRAMATIC BROACH IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN FOREWARNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR DAWN RILEY’S ALL-FEMALE WHITBREAD CREW

9 mins

THE MAGIC NUMBER

CAN’T DECIDE BETWEEN A MONOHULL AND A CATAMARAN? THE SURPRISING TRUTH IS THAT A FAST CRUISING TRIMARAN COULD BE THE IDEAL SOLUTION

10 mins

SPECIAL REPORT: HELEN FRETTER ON ORCA ‘ATTACKS' ON YACHTS

The first signs that something odd was taking place came in July 2020. After the strangest start to a summer any of us can remember, just as Europe began to open up to sailing once again, there were reports from Gibraltar and the Spanish Atlantic coast of orcas apparently attacking yachts.

9 mins

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS: SAM FORTESCUE ON THE HANSTAIGER X1

Imagine a boat that combines the aggressive loom of a Lamborghini with the controls of a fighter jet. Pop a rig on top, open the transom like the cargo door of a Chinook – oh, and bung a grand piano in one corner of the saloon.

8 mins

MASTER CLASS

PIP HARE ON HOW TO MAKE A 21ST CENTURY PILOTAGE PLAN

6 mins

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO RACE IN LIGHT WINDS WITH TIDE

4 mins

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Yachting World is world's leading international yachting magazine. From ocean racing and blue water cruising to the most glamorous super-yachts, Yachting World has the very best in nautical writing and stunning photography, with up-to-the-minute technical reports, race analysis, new boat tests and much more...