Yachting World
ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC
A FIRST SOLO OCEAN CROSSING BECOMES AN EXTRAORDINARY TEST FOR JAMES FREDERICK WHEN HIS RUDDER FAILS 1,000 MILES FROM SHORE
10 min |
April 2023
Yachting World
GRAND SOLEIL 40
A RARE SPECIES? HERE'S A CRUISER-RACER WITH GOOD LIGHT AIRS PERFORMANCE, APPEALING ACCOMMODATION AND A PROVEN HERITAGE
6 min |
April 2023
Yachting World
TAKING OWNERSHIP
SAM FORTESCUE ON FINANCING A YACHT
7 min |
April 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Back to (sea) school
James Wood gets to grip with navigation, passage planning, tides, buoyage, Colregs and more on his RYA Day Skipper Theory course
8 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
17-20ft POCKET CRUISERS
Whether you're moving on from dinghies, or downsizing to a boat that's fun without being a financial millstone, here's a trailer-sailer market guide
10+ min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
The Maxi with the most
Why has the Maxi 84 proved so popular since her launch 45 years ago? David Harding sailed Maximus, the 'work in progress' refurbished PBO Project Boat, to find out
10 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Plastic classics
A vintage boat doesn't win the same admiration as an elderly car - but it should!
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Beachcombing
How wrecking became a fine art on the dangerously rocky Isles of Scilly
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Selecting the right gear...
Coming into a crowded marina late at night after a great day sailing across Lyme Bay, Andrew Carter's feathering prop failed and jammed in 'full ahead' - even when engaged in astern
8 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Tried & Tested
Will Renilson improves boat handling aboard his Jersey 36
4 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Worrying times for UK's seabirds
The UK is currently experiencing its worst-ever outbreak of avian flu, commonly known as bird flu.
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Azores and back THE SCENIC ROUTE
Phil Taylor dusts off the charts and turns a winter dream into reality after overhauling his Sabre 27 for a bluewater cruising adventure
10+ min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Slow boat through the mountains
James Wood discovers the joys and challenges of narrow boating in the Brecon Beacons
10+ min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Invitation to female offshore passagemakers
The adventure company 59° North Sailing has announced that it will now reserve two bunks for women on its offshore sailing passages.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
UK drops National Flagship plans
The Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment & Support has suspended the design procurement process for the new National Flagship.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Marine micro-organisms mission
Every day in every boatyard, marina and port the cleaning of hulls, slipways and marine infrastructure kills billions of marine micro-organisms – all vital for sustaining wildlife and the food chain all the way up to human beings.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Working boats for leisure
Strong and often cheap, retired working boats make good leisure vessels if you don’t mind fettling to repurpose them
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Rudder bother
You know something's up when you're going round in circles with the tiller straight ahead
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
New Gear
Rupert Holmes gets an early look at the latest ideas
5 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Changing times
Alasdair Kirkpatrick tells Ali Wood about narrowboat innovations including a fully accessible design plus hybrid and electric propulsion
5 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
'Ordinary crew' wanted for global sailing race
The organiser of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race, Don McIntyre, is looking for crew to sail with him in the round-the-world race.
1 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
My near-miss up a mast
A transatlantic sailor has told of her ordeal after a gust knocked her off the mast, jamming her harness, and swinging her repeatedly into the rigging.
3 min |
March 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Sunk boat salvage
Marsali Taylor reports on the salvage efforts to raise a wooden vessel at Aith Marina that attracted spectators despite the mizzle and smirr
3 min |
March 2023
Yachting World
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
9 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
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
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Cyclops Marine Wireless Load Pin
Over the past 15 years load sensing has changed from a technology in its infancy even on the latest IMOCA 60s to widespread use in fleets such as J/70s and two-handed racing in small offshore yachts
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Simarine Nereide 3
This digital switching brand is increasingly popular on new yachts and its third-generation product received a DAME nomination.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
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.
3 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
ePropulsion 1-20 electric inboard
propulsion’s I range of electric inboard motors for shaft drive boats is intended to be easy to fit on existing engine beds.
1 min |
February 2023
Yachting World
Mantus dinghy navlight
This looks like a handy tricolour light for use on a dinghy which could also double as an emergency navigation light.
1 min |