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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 

Sydney Hobart Tragedy

Helpless crew can do nothing except watch as one of their own, swept overboard during a capsize, drifts away in a storm.

Grand Soleil 48P Aims to Appeal To Many Tastes

Can one new performance design appeal to many tastes? Toby Hodges explores the ideas and multifarious options offered on this new grand Soleil.

A Famous Survivor Of The 1979 Fastnet Race

Meet the little yacht with a huge heart and history, a famous survivor of the 1979 Fastnet race. Nic Compton sails on assent.