Cats have nine lives, they say, but this trimaran has 10. Now moored in Nanny…
Extraordinary boats
How Sam Manuard is reimagining the 50ft offshore racer
At first glance, the Mach 50 Palanad 4 looks as if it has arrived from…
La Tortue 147: the aluminium catamaran disrupting traditional yacht design
In a global market, you have to appeal to the widest possible audience with a…
Extraordinary Boats: JV43 Red 2 – a full-throated racer with an adventurous cruising side
Compared with the multihulls and centre cockpit cruising yachts dwarfing them in Las Palmas, Mathias…
Extraordinary Boats: The Three Quarter Tonner ‘Impeccable’
As a trained fine furniture maker and lifelong sailor, Ben Gray’s search criteria for a…
Extraordinary boats: The Mini Globe Race Globe 5.80
“Go small, go cheap, go now,” famously said Lin and Larry Pardy, who sailed for…
Extraordinary boats: The Cayman 28 ‘a gentleman’s skiff’
Zipping through the herd of mainly production family cruisers enjoying the sunshine on a picture…
Jaro: Sailing this unique new upwind weapon
If you could own any boat, what would it be? And just one? Does it…
Newly restored schooner cruiser-racer Adela: ‘Some of the best sailing of my whole life’
At least eight determined and energetic crew were out on schooner cruiser-racer Adela’s bowsprit and…
Baltic 80 Custom: A ‘rosy’ design for racing and luxury offshore cruising
You’d never mistake this sleek Baltic 80 Custom for anything else in her trademark ‘rose’…
Hunters to racers: the fascinating world of Azorean whaleboat racing
When the tow rope is released, two of the strongest Azorean whaleboat crewmembers leap forward…
Extraordinary boats: The Yachting World Diamond from design to deck
During the post-World War II boom years of small-boat sailing, Yachting World promoted some 30…
Extraordinary boats: Maluka – restoration of a 1932 classic
One thing you should do is take your watch off. If you start looking at…
World’s fastest monohull: Malizia-Seaexplorer IMOCA 60
Followers of the IMOCA 60 fleet will know that two names have dominated the class over…
Extraordinary boats: Infiniti 52 – an incredible story and boat
When it comes to displacement, racing yachts today cover the widest spectrum – from fully…
Falken restoration: Round the World racer turned perfect cruiser
“Wait, you bought that boat?!” That was 59º North’s bosun Adam Browne’s reaction when I…
Extraordinary boats: Sailing the sustainable Ecoracer 25
This heartening story involves a crew of Italian sailing friends, who fostered a desire to…
Extraordinary boats: The Sam Manuard foiling mini 6.50
The past few years have seen an explosion of activity in the Mini 6.50 class,…
The story of Cass: a yacht that was 20 years in the making
I used to do a lot of skydiving,” Simon Mitchell told me. “While you’re still…
Extraordinary boats: Flo – Florence Arthaud’s iconic 60ft trimaran
There are many iconic raceboats, but few capture the feeling of an era as much…