CATEGORIES
LONG LIVE THE KING
JEAN LE CAM WAS ALREADY A LEGEND, NOW HE’S THE UNDISPUTED HERO OF THE VENDÉE GLOBE, WRITES ED GORMAN
SPECIAL REPORT
SAM FORTESCUE ON SELF-SAILING TECHNOLOGY
CRUISING IN THE FAST LANE
NOT ONLY THE FIRST FOIL-ASSISTED SUPERYACHT, BUT THE FIRST CRUISING YACHT WITH A FOIL, THE 142FT CANOVA IS A GROUNDBREAKING PROJECT IN SO MANY WAYS, SAYS TOBY HODGES
ON TEST BORÉAL 47.2: OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
THIS RUGGED OCEAN CRUISER TARGETS THE GROWING MARKET FOR EXPEDITION YACHTS AND IS BRIMMING WITH BRILLIANT FEATURES THAT HAVE A WIDE APPEAL
MY VENDÉE GLOBE
PIP HARE FULFILLED A LIFELONG DREAM WHEN SHE FINISHED THE VENDÉE GLOBE, THE FIRST BRITISH SKIPPER IN THIS YEAR’S EVENT. HERE SHE TELLS THE STORY OF HER RACE
CROSSING THE BAR
GENTLEMAN YACHT DESIGNER ALBERT STRANGE MAKES A RISKY BID FOR THE OPEN SEA IN HIS 22FT CENTREBOARDER
ARE YOU BLUEWATER READY?
WHAT ARE THE SKILLS YOU NEED BEFORE CASTING OFF ON A TRANSOCEAN OR BLUEWATER ADVENTURE? OFFSHORE TRAINING SKIPPERS SHARE THEIR ADVICE
‘I am sinking. This is not a joke. MAYDAY'
KEVIN ESCOFFIER’S RESCUE FROM A LIFERAFT ADRIFT IN THE ROARING FORTIES WAS THE RESULT OF INCREDIBLE SEAMANSHIP. HELEN FRETTER SPOKE TO HIM, AND THE TEAM THAT CO-ORDINATED THE SEARCH
TOUGH CAT
GARCIA YACHTS CONCEIVED THIS NEW GENRE 52FT ALUMINIUM CATAMARAN AS A DISRUPTIVE GAME-CHANGER. DOES IT LIVE UP TO THE PROMISE?
SPECIAL REPORT
BREATH-CONTROLLED TRANSATLANTIC • UPWIND MAINSAIL TRIM • SETTING A TRYSAIL
Pacific CASTAWAY
ROBINSON CRUSOE DREAMS BECAME REALITY FOR JOSHUA SHANKLE WHEN HE WAS MAROONED MID-PACIFIC
MASTER CLASS
RACHAEL SPROT ON STORM TRYSAILS
MAKERS AND SHAKERS
WHY DO SAILING’S MOST SUCCESSFUL INFLUENCERS THINK THE BEST BOAT FOR NOVICE OCEAN CRUISERS IS A PERFORMANCE MULTIHULL? ASKS TOBY HODGES
BREAKING ICE
LEGENDARY ADVENTURER DAVID HEMPLEMAN-ADAMS TURNS HIS AMBITIONS TO THE SEA, WITH A POLAR OCEAN CHALLENGE
Golden age
A TRUE WORKING YACHT, THE 112-YEAR-OLD GOLDEN VANITY HAS A NEW ROLE FOR 2021, AS NIC COMPTON DISCOVERS
5 expert tips
CHRIS HOSKING ON UPWIND MAINSAIL TRIM
THE EMPTY OCEAN
SOPHIE O’NEILL AND CHRIS KOBUSCH TOOK ON A 4,300-MILE DOUBLE-HANDED CROSSING OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC IN WINTER
THE GREAT ATLANTIC GETAWAY
THERE MAY BE NO BETTER TIME TO PRESS PAUSE AND GO SAILING. ELAINE BUNTING MEETS TRANSATLANTIC CREWS DOING JUST THAT
EXTRAORDINARY BOATS
HELEN FRETTER ON KARMA
Vismara VMM76
LOA 23.80m 78ft 0in • Beam 6.00m 19ft 8in • Displacement 31,000kg 68,400lb • Draught 2.50-4.00m 8ft 2in-13ft 1in • Sail area 280m2 3,010ft2 • www.vismara-mc.com
STORM CHASERS
HOW BIG A GAMBLE WOULD YOU TAKE TO WIN THE VENDÉE GLOBE? HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT HOW THE SOLO SKIPPERS USE STORMS IN THEIR RACE STRATEGY
SANITY CHECK
THE GRAVITY-DEFYING AC75S WILL RACE ONE ANOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER. MATT SHEAHAN CHECKS OUT THE FOUR DESIGNS
SPECIAL REPORT
HOW TO SELL YOUR BOAT, BY TERYSA VANDERLOO
Oystercatcher XXXV – a 52ft rocketship
Combining much of the concept behind Niklas Zennström’s radical Fast40 Ran VII with the experience of Oyster Yachts founder Richard Matthews is bound to result in an exceptional yacht.
OSCAR One 320
A decade ago the prospect of a device that, on a dark night, could detect a floating obstacle such as a shipping container or a sleeping whale in the path of a yacht, and automatically change course, would have firmly belonged in the realms of science fiction.
5 EXPERT TIPS
HOW TO TRIM FOR DOWNWIND SPEED
MINE'S THE PORSCHE - ON TEST // ELAN GT6
IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT THE BADGE: WHY PORSCHE BECAME INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF ELAN’S NEW FLAGSHIP
MASTERCLASS
PIP HARE ON WHEN TO TURN BACK
PRACTICAL
SWAN 65 EVRIKA • WHEN TO TURN BACK • MAKE WINNING DECISIONS
THE SLOW LIFE
A LATE SUMMER CRUISE IN DENMARK PROVES A TONIC FOR TOM CUNLIFFE