CATEGORIES

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

NEW GEAR

RUPERT HOLMES INVESTIGATES A CLEAN ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE FOR YACHTS

LIFE ON THE WING

SAILING HIS 16FT DOUBLE-ENDER OFF FINISTÈRE, RICHARD LINDSAY ENJOYS AN EXHILARATING SAIL WITH A RARE VISITOR

AIMING FOR THE IMPOSSIBLE

COULD THE 40-DAY AROUND THE WORLD RECORD FALL? HELEN FRETTER TALKS TO THIS YEAR’S JULES VERNE CHALLENGERS

JIMMY'S ELECTRIC DREAM

JIMMY CORNELL REPORTS ON HIS NEW CATAMARAN, ABOARD WHICH HE PLANS A FOSSIL-FREE CIRCUMNAVIGATION

IN SEARCH OF PLAN B

WHAT ARE YOUR SAILING PLANS FOR 2021 AND BEYOND? ELAINE BUNTING INVESTIGATES THE OPTIONS FOR SAILING IN AN ERA OF UNCERTAINTY

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO MAKE WINNING DECISIONS

SPECIAL REPORT

GROW YOUR OWN FOOD ON BOARD, BY ERIN CAREY

RETURN TO 60° SOUTH

OCEAN RACER NICK MOLONEY RETURNED TO THE DEEP SOUTH WITH A MEMORABLE VOYAGE TO ANTARCTICA

SKIP NOVAK

WHEN DOES BEING PREPARED BECOME HOARDING? SKIPPERS SHOULD AVOID THE TEMPTATION OF ‘ JUST IN CASE’

NEW GEAR

RUPERT HOLMES ON INDUCTION COOKING AFLOAT

NAVIGATION BRIEFING

MIKE BROUGHTON ON SAILING IN FOG

SUNK BY A WHALE

A PACIFIC CROSSING BECAME A DRAMATIC MID-OCEAN RESCUE FOR PETER NIELSEN