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5 EXPERT TIPS HELENA DARVELID ON MULTIHULL CONTROL

Performance multihull racing is growing hugely in popularity. Helena Darvelid shares some key learnings with Andy Rice

PALMA'S FUN FACTOR

FUN ON AND OFF THE WATER IS AN UNBEATABLE COMBINATION AT THE SUPERYACHT CUP PALMA, WRITES PHIL RILEY

SWAN 88 DREAMCATCHER

GLOBAL LEADERS AT THE SEMI-CUSTOM END OF THE PRODUCTION SCENE, NAUTOR SWAN INVITED US FOR THE FIRST SEA TRIALS OF ITS BIG NEW 88

YYACHTS Y8 CALABASH

YYACHTS SPECIALISES IN 70-100FT SEMI-CUSTOM CARBON COMPOSITE CRAFT THAT EMBODY ITS 'KEEP IT SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY. TOBY HODGES SAILS THE LATEST

CNB 78 ONE

SUBTLE CHANGES BORN OUT OF CNB'S WEALTH OF OWNER EXPERIENCE HAVE MADE ITS REPLACEMENT FOR THE 76 A WELL-ROUNDED, EASILY MANAGED CRUISING CONTENDER, WRITES TOBY HODGES

A PATH BETWEEN THORNS

JAMES AND JAYNE PEARCE BRAVE THE THORNY PATH' WINDWARD ROUTE FROM THE BAHAMAS TO THE WINDWARD ISLES

COUNTING THE COSTS

HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU BUDGET FOR WHEN PLANNING TO GO BLUEWATER CRUISING? JEREMY WYATT QUIZZES SKIPPERS ABOUT TYPICAL EXPENDITURES

THE DAYSAILER PIONEER

THIS EXTRAORDINARY YACHT IS THE CULMINATION OF A LIFETIME OF EXPERIENCE BY SERIAL BOAT OWNER JACK SETTON. TOBY HODGES SAILED IT WITH HIM

EXPECTATION VS REALITY

TERYSA VANDERLOO ON WHAT THE FIRST YEAR OF SAILING AND LIVING ABOARD A PERFORMANCE MULTIHULL HAS TAUGHT HER

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

AMERICA'S CUP HISTORY IN MINIATURE REVEALS A LOT ABOUT HOW AND WHY THE EVENT HAS SUCH AN ENDURING APPEAL

CLUBS WAN 43

THIS CONTEMPORARY MULTI-MODE CRUISER-RACER IS ONE OF 2024'S MOST EXCITING LAUNCHES. TOBY HODGES WENT TO THE FINNISH YARD FOR THE FIRST SEA TRIALS... SORT OF...

DUFOUR 44

IT'S NOT JUST VOLUME THAT HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY IN PRODUCTION CRUISING YACHT DESIGN, IT'S HOW DESIGNERS AND SAILORS USE IT

PACIFIC FIRE

CAUGHT IN A WALL OF LIGHTNING IN A TRADITIONAL SAILING CANOE, THOR F JENSEN'S BID TO SAIL AROUND NEW GUINEA IS IN JEOPARDY

AMERICAN CLASSIC

THE NEWPORT BERMUDA RACE IS THE OLDEST OCEAN RACE IN THE WORLD. WILL SOFRIN TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR'S 636-MILE BLUEWATER CLASSIC

IMPOSSIBLE CHALLENGE?

DOES BRITAIN FINALLY HAVE A SHOT AT THE CUP? HELEN FRETTER TALKS TO INEOS BRITANNIA SKIPPER BEN AINSLIE AND HELMSMAN GILES SCOTT ABOUT WHY THIS TIME, IT'S DIFFERENT

ACROSS THE TOP

“That sea sure is mean,” our kind driver observes as my salty trio climbs into his truck, fresh off a roughand-tumble crossing of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

MOVE TO A MULTI

MULTIHULLS HAVE SOARED IN POPULARITY, BUT WHAT'S IT REALLY LIKE TO GO FROM A MONOHULL TO A CATAMARAN? LIVEABOARD CRUISER JOSHUA SHANKLE SHARES LESSONS LEARNED

THE NEXT CHAPTER

THE ARCHETYPAL SCHOONER CRUISER-RACER IS BACK ON THE CARIBBEAN CIRCUIT. NIGEL SHARP JOINED ADELA'S CREW FOR ITS FIRST REGATTA IN FIVE YEARS, THE ANTIGUA SUPERYACHT CHALLENGE

ZEMI FORM MEETS FUNCTION

MALCOLM MCKEON DELIGHTS IN THE CHANCE TO RACE HIS OWN DESIGN BALTIC 110 ZEMI AT THE ST BARTHS BUCKET.

PEGASUS TAKES OFF

MIXING NEW AND PROVEN IDEAS, PEGASUS HAS CREATED A SHORTHANDED FAST BLUEWATER YACHT WITH A MARKED DIFFÉRENCE, AS TOBY HODGES DISCOVERS ON A TWO-DAY TEST SAIL

A LONG WAY ROUND

THE OCEAN GLOBE RACE WAS ALL ABOUT BRINGING BACK THE SPIRIT OF THE EARLY WHITBREADS. ELAINE BUNTING FINDS OUT HOW THE CREWS FARED

THE BIG OCEAN CLEAN

AN AMBITIOUS PLAN IS SETTING OUT TO REMOVE PLASTIC FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST OCEAN

RING OF FIRE

A MEMORABLE PASSAGE FROM FIJI TO AUSTRALIA FOR KATE ASHE-LEONARD

HALF WAY HEAVEN

A FINAL PACIFIC PASSAGE FROM FRENCH POLYNESIA TO NEW ZEALAND TAKES THE SWAN 37 ELIXIR HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD

THE ENDLESS OCEAN

THE PACIFIC IS THE WORLD'S BIGGEST OCEAN, BUT WITH SO MANY OPTIONS HOW DO YOU PLAN A ROUTE ACROSS? CRUISERS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES

NIKKI HENDERSON

ALL YACHTS SHOULD HAVE THE MEANS TO GO ALOFT AT SEA AND A CREW MEMBER WILLING AND ABLE TO DO SO

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

IT’S ALL SMILES FOR THE AMERICA’S CUP TEAMS AS THE BRAND NEW AC75 BOATS HIT THE WATER. BUT THE SERIOUS BUSINESS STARTS SOON...

TAKING OWNERSHIP

WILL BRUTON ON UPSKILLING ON BOARD

SPECIAL REPORT

DAN HOUSTON ON CHANGES TO THE SHIPPING FORECAST

NAVIGATION BRIEFING

TOM CHENEY ON RACING ACROSS THE CHANNEL