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NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WORLD OF YACHTING
MATT SHEAHAN
CAN A NEW 30FT ONE-DESIGN REPEAT THE INCREDIBLE SUCCESS OF THE CLASS 40 FLEET?
CARPE DIEM
OYSTER’S LATEST LAUNCH IS ITS FASTEST SELLING MODEL OF ALL TIME AS OWNERS FLOCK TO ‘SEIZE THE DAY’. AN OVERNIGHT TEST PROVES THE IDEAL CHANCE TO FIND OUT WHY
A LIFE AT SEA
HELEN FRETTER TALKS TO THE DOYEN OF BLUEWATER CRUISING TO FIND OUT WHY, AFTER 46 YEARS OF SAILING, HE’S NO LONGER GOING TO SEA
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
FACED WITH A FORCE 11 FORECAST OFF CAPE HORN, ANDREW HALCROW CONSIDERS AN IMPOSSIBLE DECISION
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
RUPERT HOLMES ON PEN DUICK VI
BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
HOW TO SAIL AWAY WITHOUT QUITTING YOUR LIFE: ADVICE FROM A COUPLE WHO’VE DONE IT. PATRICK AND SHEILA DIXON EXPLAIN HOW TO MAKE ‘HYBRID CRUISING’ WORK
FASTNET RELOADED
THE ROLEX FASTNET RACE HAS LONG DEMANDED REAL RESPECT, BUT A CHANGE, OF COURSE, MADE THE 2021 EDITION A WHOLE NEW CHALLENGE, HELEN FRETTER REPORTS
FINDING FLOW
A 350-MILE OFFSHORE ISN’T EVERYONE’S IDEA OF RELAXATION, BUT SWEDEN’S GOTLAND RUNT PROVED THE PERFECT TONIC FOR NIKKI HENDERSON
INTO THE WILDS
JESSICA ZEVALKINK AND LUKE YEATES SET FREE IN THE SEA OF CORTEZ WITH THEIR NEWLY RESTORED YACHT AND NEW BABY
THE SECRET WEAPON
WITH ITS LIFT KEEL OPTION, JEANNEAU’S SO410 HAS A POTENT TRUMP CARD: IT HAS THE DRAUGHT OF A CLASS 40, YET CAN ALSO NOSE INTO THE SHALLOWS. TOBY HODGES WAS INTRIGUED
HANGING ON
UPSIDE DOWN IN A SMALL CATAMARAN IN A NORTH SEA STORM, JOHN PASSMORE DISTRACTED HIMSELF BY FOCUSSING ON THE STORY
REDEFINING COMFORT
34 YEARS ON FROM ITS ORIGINAL 55, LAGOON SHOWS HOW MUCH CATAMARAN DESIGN HAS EVOLVED TOWARDS LOFT LIVING WITH A SEA VIEW FROM THE TERRACE. FRANÇOIS TREGOUET REPORTS
MASTERCLASS
Pip Hare on best practice crew communication
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RUN THE PIT
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO RACE IN LIGHT WINDS WITH TIDE
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
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
MASTER CLASS
PIP HARE ON HOW TO MAKE A 21ST CENTURY PILOTAGE PLAN
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
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.
TAKING THE HELM
A DRAMATIC BROACH IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN FOREWARNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR DAWN RILEY’S ALL-FEMALE WHITBREAD CREW
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
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.
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
SIZEABLE GAINS
BY REPURPOSING AN EXISTING HULL DESIGN, HAS BENETEAU JUST REINVENTED THE 55-FOOTER?
DOUBLE THE FUN
DOUBLE-HANDED RACING HAS BEEN THE STAND-OUT SUCCESS STORY OF RECENT YEARS. JAMES BOYD FINDS OUT WHY IT’S SO POPULAR
WORKING THE BARGES
JIM LAWRENCE’S TALES OF LIFE ABOARD THAMES BARGES EVOKE A FORGOTTEN WORLD RICH IN SEAMANSHIP SKILLS AND CAMARADERIE
NEW YACHT
PERFORMANCE AND EXPLORATION YACHTS PIQUE RUPERT HOLMES’ INTEREST
SPECIAL REPORT
PHIL JOHNSON ON WORKING FROM YOUR YACHT