Yachting World - January 2023

In this issue

ATLANTIC CHARGE
The Route du Rhum is one of the toughest but most adored offshore races in the world – and this year was a record-breaker.

CURIOUS GENIUS
Pete Goss has sailed more different yachts than most of us could imagine, but now he’s built his own 32ft gaffer.

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.

4 mins

Orcas sink yacht off Portugal

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

1 min

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).

1 min

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.

1 min

Wearing a lifejacket 'not a personal decision'?

A report into the death of a sailor during the Newport Bermuda Race last year, has reopened the debate of whether wearing a lifejacket is a matter of personal choice.

2 mins

Mike Birch 1931-2022

One of offshore racing's most celebrated skippers, Mike Birch, has died aged 90.

2 mins

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.

1 min

MATT SHEAHAN

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

3 mins

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?

3 mins

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

10+ mins

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

10+ mins

ATLANTIC CHARGE

THE SINGLE-HANDED ROUTE DU RHUM IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUT MOST ADORED OFFSHORE RACES IN THE WORLD. THIS YEAR WAS A RECORD-BREAKER IN EVERY SENSE, AS HELEN FRETTER REPORTS

9 mins

THE IMOCA DESIGN RACE

RUPERT HOLMES TAKES A LOOK AT THE OFFSHORE CLASS EVOLUTION

3 mins

MAKING THE SWITOH

A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE CRUISING LIFE SET KATE ASHE-LEONARD ON COURSE FOR A FULL TRANSOCEAN LIVEABOARD ADVENTURE

9 mins

COURAGE OF YOUTH

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

8 mins

BELLISSIMO BLEND

A SLEEK 50-FOOTER WITH COMFORT, REWARDING SAILING QUALITIES AND PERFORMANCE, PLUS EASY HANDLING

9 mins

HANSE 460

THIS FIRST OF A NEW RANGE OF HANSES, FROM NEW DESIGNERS, IS ALREADY A BIG HIT, WITH OVER 200 SOLD AND A EUROPEAN YACHT OF THE YEAR WIN TO ITS NAME. DAVID HARDING REPORTS

5 mins

NEW YACHTS

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

6 mins

NEW GEAR

GENNAKER AND WATERPROOFS ON TEST, PLUS LATEST GEAR REVIEWED

2 mins

RESURGENT HENRI-LLOYD

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

1 min

SPECIAL REPORT

HELEN FRETTER ON NEW MULTIHULLS IN THE ARC

8 mins

SHORT-HANDED SAILING

PIP HARE ON INSIDE GYBES

7 mins

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO COME OUT AHEAD AT THE LEEWARD MARK

3 mins

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

RUPERT HOLMES ON THE ACE 30

5 mins

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