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TROPHY HUNTER

THE FASTEST WOMAN AROUND THE WORLD, DONA BERTARELLI HAS SPENT 10 YEARS TRYING TO WIN THE JULES VERNE. HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT WHY

BEST MATES

WHETHER YOU'RE STEPPING ABOARD SOMEONE ELSE’S YACHT, OR WANT A CO-SKIPPER’S SUPPORT ON YOURS, ELAINE BUNTING HAS KEY ADVICE ON HOW TO BE A VALUABLE FIRST MATE

SKIP NOVAK

WHEN THINGS RUN THEIR NATURAL COURSE IT’S EVENTUALLY TIME TO LET SOMEONE ELSE TAKE THE HELM... SO SKIP IS DOING JUST THAT

MATT SHEAHAN

WE’RE USED TO FOILING BOATS BUT WHAT ABOUT CRAFT THAT FLY JUST ABOVE THE WATER? IT SEEMS GROUND EFFECT’ VESSELS ARE MAKING A COMEBACK

Tour Voile back to its roots

The Tour de France à la Voile, the famous multistage crewed event which saw many legends of the sport cut their teeth in offshore racing, is returning to an offshore, coastal and inshore format in one-designs, moving to the Figaro Beneteau 3 for 2023.

New-look Ocean Race

MATTHEW SHEAHAN PREVIEWS THE OCEAN RACE, THE LATEST INCARNATION OF THE CREWED ROUND THE WORLD CONTEST

ARC fleet rally to help dismasted yacht

Participants in the 2022 ARC transatlantic rally formed a ‘pipeline’ to refuel the Grand Soleil 54 Take Off after it was dismasted some 1,400 miles east of St Lucia.

Cup dates confirmed

Time to book a trip to Barcelona? Some - but not all of the key race dates for the 37th America's Cup in 2024 have been confirmed.

120-knot ‘land yacht' record set

America's Cup sailor Glenn Ashby has set a new wind-powered land speed record of 222.4kmh (or 120 knots) in the Emirates Team New Zealandbuilt Horonuku.

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

RUPERT HOLMES ON THE ACE 30

5 EXPERT TIPS

HOW TO COME OUT AHEAD AT THE LEEWARD MARK

SHORT-HANDED SAILING

PIP HARE ON INSIDE GYBES

SPECIAL REPORT

HELEN FRETTER ON NEW MULTIHULLS IN THE ARC

RESURGENT HENRI-LLOYD

Just in time for its 60th Anniversary, this British brand has big news and plenty of fresh products.

NEW GEAR

GENNAKER AND WATERPROOFS ON TEST, PLUS LATEST GEAR REVIEWED

NEW YACHTS

RACING, FAST CRUISING OR BOTH? TOBY HODGES LOOKS AT STRIKING OPTIONS

HANSE 460

THIS FIRST OF A NEW RANGE OF HANSES, FROM NEW DESIGNERS, IS ALREADY A BIG HIT, WITH OVER 200 SOLD AND A EUROPEAN YACHT OF THE YEAR WIN TO ITS NAME. DAVID HARDING REPORTS

BELLISSIMO BLEND

A SLEEK 50-FOOTER WITH COMFORT, REWARDING SAILING QUALITIES AND PERFORMANCE, PLUS EASY HANDLING

COURAGE OF YOUTH

A TALE OF FOUR SCHOOLBOYS ON AN ADVENTUROUS TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING THAT'S ENOUGH TO TURN ANY PARENT’S HAIR GREY

MAKING THE SWITOH

A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE CRUISING LIFE SET KATE ASHE-LEONARD ON COURSE FOR A FULL TRANSOCEAN LIVEABOARD ADVENTURE

THE IMOCA DESIGN RACE

RUPERT HOLMES TAKES A LOOK AT THE OFFSHORE CLASS EVOLUTION

ATLANTIC CHARGE

THE SINGLE-HANDED ROUTE DU RHUM IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUT MOST ADORED OFFSHORE RACES IN THE WORLD. THIS YEAR WAS A RECORD-BREAKER IN EVERY SENSE, AS HELEN FRETTER REPORTS

CURIOUS GENIUS

PETE GOSS HAS SAILED MORE DIFFERENT YACHTS THAN MOST OF US COULD IMAGINE, BUT IT’S A HOME-BUILT 32FT GAFFER THAT IS HIS CHEF-D’OEUVRE, AS ELAINE BUNTING FINDS OUT

ΤΗΕ HIDDEN BALTIC

FROM POPULAR SCANDINAVIAN WATERS, TO OFF-THEBEATEN-TRACK EASTERN GEMS, WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS SHARE SIX GREAT BALTIC CRUISES

SKIP NOVAK

HAVING WATCHED A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN VICTORY IN THE 1983 AMERICA’S CUP, COULD THE LATEST CHAPTER POSSIBLY RIVAL IT?

MATT SHEAHAN

SOLO OCEAN RACERS MIGHT BE SUPERHUMAN THOUGH THEY’D HAVE US BELIEVE THEIR EXPLOITS ARE ALL PERFECTLY REASONABLE

Peter de Savary 1944-2022

Peter de Savary, who led the British America’s Cup team in their 1983 campaign, has died at the age of 78.

Mike Birch 1931-2022

One of offshore racing's most celebrated skippers, Mike Birch, has died aged 90.

Wearing a lifejacket 'not a personal decision'?

A report into the death of a sailor during the Newport Bermuda Race last year, has reopened the debate of whether wearing a lifejacket is a matter of personal choice.

Innovative PLB wins DAME award

British company Ocean Signal scooped the overall DAME design award, the marine industry’s largest equipment prize, for its rescueME PLB3 AIS Personal Locator Beacon (PLB).