CATEGORIES

The surge in 60-footers

New yacht design has taken a giant leap in average length. Toby hodges reports on the boom in big boats

How America Won the Cup

Approaching the 35th America’s Cup, Adrian Morgan admires the Great Gamble that won the first event for the Schooner America

Extraordinary Boats

The Carkeek 40 is a proven design that originally dates from 2012.

The Crazy World of the Gigayacht

Megabuilds Were Big News in 2016. Helen Fretter Delves Into the World of the Gigayacht.

Uphill All the Way

Sailing 30,000 Miles Around the World ‘the Wrong Way’, the Crews of the Bt Global Challenge Braved Icebergs, Snowstorms and Hurricane Force Winds.

Mutiny The Inside Story

Conrad Humphreys on the TV Recreation of the Voyage of William Bligh and 18 Men Cast Adrift After the Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 

Pacific Bound

Chris and Helen Tibbs Describe How They Planned and Set About Sailing Across the Pacific 

Special Report

Paul Heiney on writing a pilot book.

Extraordinary Boats

Andi Robertson on the Arkema 3 Mini 6.50 

Vancouver Island To New Zealand

From Temperate Rainforest to the Bay of Islands, Tom and Vicky Jackson Report on a Season of Pacific Ocean Sailing.

Trial And Error

There Is No Such Thing as a Dead Cert in Offshore Racing, as This Year’s Rolex Middle Sea Race Proved. Helen Fretter Reports.

Vendee Globe Ready for Take Off

The solo round the world race could be the fastest, fiercest and hairiest yet. Elaine bunting reports.

Atlantic High

Chris Tibbs on a Dream Atlantic Crossing and a Heavenly Caribbean Winter.

The Day Of The Jackal

Quietly Dedicated to His Craft, Armel Le Cléac’h Is Something of an Enigma, but the Vendée Win Revealed His Passion

Creek Crawling

Tony Smith’s Modest Adventures in Traditional Sailing and Navigation Capture the Timeless, Unhurried Essence of East Coast Single-handing

Extraordinary Boats

The 90ft maxi yacht formerly known as Nicorette has had a radical refit, with experimental DSS foils and deck spreaders. She was relaunched as CQS before the 2016 Rolex Sydney Hobart Race

Then We Sailed Away

Casper Craven On Turning His Plans Into A Successful Family Circumnavigation.

Captain Fantastic

Having Faced Ferocious Gales And Hurricane Force Winds, It Was A Flat Calm Off New Zealand That Nearly Did For Paul Rodgers And Spirit Of Pentax.

Thinking Outside The Box

Emirates Team New Zealand Played Their Own Game From Start To Finish To Win Back The America’S Cup After 14 Years. But How Did They Do It? Elaine Bunting Reports.

Trouble-Free Transatlantic

We Quizzed 254 Skippers Who Took Part in the 2017 Arc Rally About the Spares They Shipped and the Repairs They Made en Route. The Lessons Gleaned Can Benefit Us All.

IMOCA 60s For Volvo Race?

SOLO CLASS VOTES TO ALLOW IMOCA 60S TO BE ADOPTED FOR FULLY CREWED ROUND THE WORLD RACE

Ainslie Signs New Cup Sponsor

Billionaire’s company hits the fast-forward button for British team

Clipper Crews Exhilarated By ‘Nature Unleashed'

What is it like to sail in hurricane force winds in the middle of an ocean?

Masterclass

HOW TO REPAIR SAILS AT SEA

A Perfect Ending

The 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race Was Decided Just Seven Miles From the Finish. Helen Fretter Finds Out How Dongfeng Took a Cliffhanger Victory

A Masterful Race

Capsizes, Crashes, And An Incredible Finish – This Year’s Route Du Rhum Saw Skill Defeat Technology. Helen Fretter Reports

Anxious In The Arctic

Heading To The High Arctic Got Andy Schell So Stressed He Thought He Was Having Heart Trouble. Yet The Voyage Was To Be Magical

High Ambitions

What Equipment, Modifications And Preparations Are Needed For Sailing To High Latitudes? Ice Pilot Magnus Day Explains

Js sparkle in St Barth

If anyone was in any doubt that 2017 is the year of the Js, the St Barths Bucket in March smashed that truth home.

'I Gave This Race My All'

Days From the Finish of the Vendée Globe, Conrad Colman Was Dismasted. He Was Not Going to Allow This to Finish a Huge Life’s Ambition. This Is His Inspiring Story