Yachting World May 2010
On sale: Thu, 8 Apr 2010
From the Editor
The exciting resurgence of multihulls
On the Wind
Groupama 3’s 48-day record; Clipper skipper in medevac; storms dash French coast; 500-year-old seadog sets tongues wagging; mystery of Tacker the tender
The Walrus
The chart table is a skipper’s sacred place
Letters
Cruising with kids – why wait?; timely lifejacket reminder; multis on a mission
Robin Knox-Johnston
You can’t beat Lerwick for fun and frolics
Gear
Full-colour read-outs – with HD; budget fluoro sail stripes; tacking wheels
America’s Cup technology
From S-shaped daggerboards to slippery surfaces, how recent Cup innovations could filter down to mainstream sailing
Yachts
52ft training yacht for German club racers; Oyster 625 from Rob Humphreys
Leading Edge
An unmanned wingsailer with extra flaps
On test – Lifting-keel sportsboats
Thriller keels. Innovative keel and rudder designs give sportsboats the edge. We sail
the J/95 and the X-Treme 25
The grounding of Cork Clipper
Skipper’s dramatic account of the moment his round the world racer struck a tiny reef in Indonesia and the crew had to abandon ship
Passage through Panama
Elaine Bunting gets her chance to transit the Panama Canal with the World ARC. It’s fascinating, nerve-racking, frustrating, expensive, yet surprisingly beautiful
Origin – a team on trial
The British America’s Cup campaign is back on, with a muscular attack on the Louis Vuitton Trophy. Matthew Sheahan was on board
Monkey magic
The newest J Class to hit the race course, Hanuman is an interpretation of Endeavour II from 1937 and named for a monkey god
Cruising
As many as one in five British world cruisers carry a firearm, a court is told; SAR helicopter service overhauled; jute, alors! A fibre boat
Mission to Haiti
Geert van der Kolk heads back to the disaster zone with relief aid aboard an 80ft schooner
Great Seamanship
Transatlantic adventure with US Admiral’s Cup skipper G. W. Blunt White in 1957
Performance World
Wing nuts – we talk to wingsail enthusiasts about what it’s like to sail on a wing and a prayer; Boat of the Month: 18ft Skiff. The Knowledge: crash course – rules on collisions
SuperSail
First view of new 216ft Dubois-designed supersloop; 26m Wally motor yacht
Yachts for sale
Classified ads
One Amazing Day
Graham Walker on a high on White Crusader
