June 2013

From the Editor Sailing the new Clipper 70 will be the easy bit. The challenge for the 600 paying crew will be living together at sea

On the Wind Man overboard in Les Voiles de St Barths - even the most idyllic settings can bite; Clipper skippers announced; full route of next Volvo Ocean Race; Jolie Brise is 100 as she sails another Fastnet

Letters iPads/tablets for navigation; more questions; Tasmania for world's top wooden boats; the Mirror cracked

Matthew Sheahan turns his hand to the subject of 'gesture control'

Elaine Bunting considers the inner journey of the solo sailor

Robin Knox-Johnston says a solo circumnavigation is as hard as ever

New round the world classic The pay-to-sail crew in the next Clipper Round the World Race will have a new steed. Matthew Sheahan sails the Clipper 70 and finds her a very different beast from previous boats

Tracks Round the Island You don?t have to be big and fast to win the JP Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, but you do have to be canny. We study the tracks and tricks of last year's winners

Well, it isn't Scotland New Caledonia might suggest Scottish mists or Canadian wilds, but Robert Owen finds blue lagoons, empty anchorages and Robinson Crusoe islets in this French Pacific territory

Great Seamanship Blue Water - in 1920 Arthur Sturges Hildebrand was roaring to Corsica in a rising wind in his narrow-gutted gaff yawl, but where was the safe haven of Bonifacio?

On test: Dehler 38 This is the first of the Dehler range to be built under the management of Hanse. Will she retain the Dehler qualities of innovation and performance? Toby Hodges investigates

On test: Jeanneau SO469 Last in line for a revamp in the Sun Odyssey range, this boat aims to be the best all-rounder

New Yachts A new brand of British yachts designed by Stephen Jones kicks off with the GT35. Plus a new Frers-designed marque from Turkey

New Gear ? top-down furlers Handy for furling asymmetrics, the new Profurl Spinex heralds top-downs for the cruising market

Gear Focus: cable cutters Like liferafts, these are items of safety gear you hope you?ll never need. But if the rig goes, you want the right kit for the job of cutting it away. David Glenn gets hands-on for our test

Cruising More Atlantic rallies to add to the ARC; Danish solo sailor dismasted on last stretch of a circumnavigation; UK search and rescue goes private. Plus: surveying the Antarctic by yacht

Performance Matthew Sheahan looks at the latest apps for racers. Plus: 5 tips for a good start with top sailor Terry Hutchinson

NEW SERIES Local Boats In the first of a new series on the UK?s idiosyncratic local fleets of dinghies and keelboats, David Henshall introduces the Yachting World Dayboat, a vessel close to our heart

Supersail Life after Dubois for designer Malcolm McKeon, who is setting up his own design company after 30 years with superyacht specialists Dubois Naval Architects

One Amazing Day Round the Island race officer David Atkinson shares a heart-in-mouth day of big winds and agonising decisions