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RUPERT HOLMES ON THE ACE 30

Lively start for ARC rally

The 37th ARC rally set sail on Sunday 20 November in lively conditions including a 1.5m swell and 18-20 knot north-easterlies, making for a white sail reaching start for the 143-boat fleet.

Golden Globe skipper rescued

Finnish solo skipper Tapio Lehtinen was rescued by fellow Golden Globe Race competitor Kirsten Neuschäfer after Lehtinen’s boat sank “in minutes” and he spent over 24 hours adrift in the southern Indian Ocean.

Orcas sink yacht off Portugal

An ‘attack’ by a pod of orcas has caused a cruising yacht to sink, the second this year.

Peter de Savary 1944-2022

Peter de Savary, who led the British America’s Cup team in their 1983 campaign, has died at the age of 78.

COURAGE OF YOUTH

A TALE OF FOUR SCHOOLBOYS ON AN ADVENTUROUS TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING THAT'S ENOUGH TO TURN ANY PARENT’S HAIR GREY

RESURGENT HENRI-LLOYD

Just in time for its 60th Anniversary, this British brand has big news and plenty of fresh products.

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