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How a 36-hour position report blackout in the Artemis Transat will up the ante
9 May 2008
A great shot of the three boats that make up BT Team Ellen
8 May 2008
How Mark Turner and Ellen MacArthur's team brought a touch of the Med to Plymouth
8 May 2008
Why sailing Dee Caffari's new Open 60 Aviva shows the beauty of racing these beasts
8 May 2008
Some of Britain's best-known adventurers and sailors launch Champagne G. H. Mumm's Cordon Rouge Club
1 May 2008
What else could Lord Laidlaw, owner of Highland Fling, have called his yacht?
30 April 2008
Why racing a 10ft boat round the world isn't as mad as it seems - apparently
30 April 2008
It's Keisha, Mutya, Heidi and...er...Ellen
29 April 2008
Just how crazy would you have to be to race round the world in a 10ft boat?
15 April 2008
Run and race along the Northumberland coast, with a dash of rum. How good does that sound?
8 April 2008
The new all-British Open 60 with the right pedigree but no solo racing track record - yet
8 April 2008
A fat bottomed lady holds up the traffic in the New Forest
8 April 2008
Check out these motorboat style lifting strakes on Vincent Riou's PRB
4 April 2008
Alinghi's crew suffered a bloody nose - literally. It shows that catching up in the multihull world is a risky game
4 April 2008
More on the controversy of abandoning a boat that was later safely salvaged
3 April 2008
Maltese Falcon is up for sale, less than two years after the superyacht's launch
2 April 2008
This disclaimer came with a press release. And, no, it's not a joke
1 April 2008
Are examples of survival at sea to be cherished?
21 March 2008
When is the right time to leave your boat?
18 March 2008
Another one bites the dust
17 March 2008
Shiny new shoes...
17 March 2008
Check out this photo montage of a foiler Moth gybing at 16 knots
17 March 2008
A yacht abandoned mid-Atlantic in December due to risk of dismasting is salvaged in the Caribbean with her rig still standing
14 March 2008
Does a new book really need this amount of packaging?
12 March 2008
A design idea for manufacturers of upmarket yachts?
11 March 2008
Goss's replica Mount Bay lugger, currently in build, is about to weather her first storm
10 March 2008
Atlantic storm is whipping up monster waves SW of Ireland
10 March 2008
Could moves to make compulsory tracking of visiting yachts be a sign of things to come?
5 March 2008
Norwegian sailor get top job - no surprise there
18 February 2008
Franck Cammas and crew were incredibly lucky their boat failed where it did
18 February 2008
How waves crack and move a carbon hulll
15 February 2008
Here's the written manifesto that won the Barcelona World Race
15 February 2008
What 28,000 miles of racing does to the body
15 February 2008
Which is longer: the Barcelona World Race or the Vendée Globe?
15 February 2008
A clue that the post of chief executive of the Volvo Ocean Race has been filled, and the word is...
15 February 2008
The Hugo Boss boys make a dapper arrival in Barcelona
14 February 2008
Why Alex Thomson may be the biggest winner in this round the world race
12 February 2008
These photos show the devastation of an engine room blaze
11 February 2008
How much faster can man sail round the world on the wind?
29 January 2008
The rescue of a fisherman adrift for 20 days illustrates the careful watch that only yachtsmen keep
28 January 2008
An interesting race course for a day boat designed to fit in a 40ft container
23 January 2008
How a cross-Channel ferry avoids collisions
22 January 2008
French company plans the new 'ultimate solo round the world race' - in multihulls
21 January 2008
Joyon's trimaran is all about simplicity and economy - right down to these details
20 January 2008
Francis Joyon's outstanding new solo record has reignited a few sailors' ambitions
20 January 2008
India stopover confirmed, the Middle East is out and who's taking over from Glenn Bourke?
18 January 2008
...from a kitchen window
17 January 2008
A couple were viciously attacked while at anchor during their Caribbean charter
17 January 2008
I take my hat off to Peter Passano, the 77-year-old US sailor who has won a top cruising award
16 January 2008
Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year are deserving winners
15 January 2008
Don't look at Ellen's record for a measure of Joyon's achievement - look at the fully crewed records
14 January 2008
Could these two characters possibly be related?
10 January 2008
...and better, says the author of this book
10 January 2008
The government's E-Borders scheme could mean the monitoring of crew making international voyages
9 January 2008
How a cockerel joke was disallowed, amazingly enough
9 January 2008
Bullimore's solo record is surely scuppered, and why we should remember this day 10 years ago
9 January 2008
Francis Joyon experiences a severe pain in the behind
8 January 2008
Some solutions to minimise the dangers of the man-killer tool
8 January 2008
Get on the coloured specs for this new boat
8 January 2008
Builders but no bottom to the Boat Show
7 January 2008
See how the bow fell off Thomas Coville's giant tri
7 January 2008
One dismasting that nearly led to a rescue
7 January 2008
Could they perhaps be related?
4 January 2008
Or so they say...
4 January 2008
A story about 'bargain' marina prices. Don't make me laugh
3 January 2008
More on how to cut your rig away after a dismasting
2 January 2008
All set for the Vendée Globe, corrects Mike Golding
2 January 2008
New Year sailing news that is no surprise
2 January 2008
A completely gratuitous post about women's breasts
20 December 2007
Lots of new boats around, many of them still not qualified to race
20 December 2007
At least five new Open 60s are not yet qualified for the Vendée. But a way will be found...
20 December 2007
After being dismasted, Dee Caffari spoke to me earlier
19 December 2007
Volvo Ocean Race chief exec resigns and Team Origin scales down. Do I hear musical chairs?
19 December 2007
Do you carry bolt croppers. And are you sure they'll worK? We tested some
19 December 2007
The catamaran crew who were holed and rescued in the Atlantic
19 December 2007
..on the ARC this year
17 December 2007
This photo appears to show a yacht abandoned in haste
17 December 2007
Dee Caffari rustles up a report even though she can't manage to sleep or eat
9 December 2007
It's all damage, disaster and problems out there by the sound of it
8 December 2007
Pete Kyne, his 17-year-old son, and one other crew rescued after his catamaran is holed
8 December 2007
Barcelona World Race favourites are out, and what's going on with these wingmast failures?
8 December 2007
Video of Hugo Boss tanking along is a notable exception among lots of grainy talking heads
8 December 2007
Chucking it down in Sydney Harbour
8 December 2007
Alex Thomson is fast, but can he and Capey hold the Hugo Boss beast back?
8 December 2007
Are press reports from the solo races killing the golden goose?
6 December 2007
Strange case of the missing schooner that's not missing
6 December 2007
Dismasted Open 60 faces 400 miles motoring into the tradewinds with a 40hp engine
6 December 2007
A search is on for a missing schooner in the Pacific
5 December 2007
A taste of the wisdom of Team New Zealand design co-ordinator Andy Claughton
5 December 2007
Mixed metaphors and mixed fortunes in the Doldrums
5 December 2007
You can buy anything in Salcombe, so long as you wear it
4 December 2007
Find out where this Sunsail yacht hit a reef
4 December 2007
Inevitably, an ARC yacht nearly ran into the abandoned Westerly Corsair
4 December 2007
The moral and practical argument in favour of scuttling a yacht
4 December 2007
The wingmast machine is getting closer to the 50-knot barrier - and so are others
4 December 2007
Over 20,000 illegal immigrants came to the Canaries last year and yachtsmen are being put on the alert
2 December 2007
ARC rescue raises some interesting questions
2 December 2007
Two yachtsmen rescued from a liferaft by ARC crew - and other dramas
2 December 2007
A year after deciding he'd like to sample short-handed racing, Peter Harding is celebrating a great result
30 November 2007
Are your pants preserving your skin's natural pH?
30 November 2007
Pictures of a charter yacht that ran up on a reef and started sinking
29 November 2007
The America's Cup has become a dinner party bore droning on endlessly
28 November 2007
The legacy of a amazing sportsman and pioneer
28 November 2007
What are the chances of a yacht being spotted on radar?
28 November 2007
Why liveaboard cruising is a tricky term to interpret
28 November 2007
Why the ship that ran down this yacht might not have noticed a thing
27 November 2007
I have a little plan to do the ARC in a week - or less
26 November 2007
Blast off for solo sailor on his bid to beat Ellen's record
26 November 2007
Who's the hero of the Southern Oceans?
26 November 2007
Crew escape as their yacht is hit amidships by a freighter - take a look at this pic!
25 November 2007
Mark Matthews is back in the ARC in the yacht he had to abandon in the Atlantic in 2005
24 November 2007
A yacht with a history of bright ideas, failed dreams, disability and debt has a new crew
24 November 2007
More on the controversial award-winning sun lounger
23 November 2007
If Francis Joyon beats Ellen's round the world record, he'll do it powered only by wind and sun
23 November 2007
Tony Bullimore on how it's heroic to be rescued
22 November 2007
The marine industry's top gear design award went to a chaise longue - what a disgrace
22 November 2007
The sailor who has put tragedy behind him to do the ARC again
21 November 2007
Who needs a big fancy yacht to sail across the Atlantic. Meet the 23-year-olds setting off in a Folkboat
21 November 2007
After a seven year gap from Open 60s, Michel Desjoyeaux is showing how it's done
21 November 2007
A record ARC fleet is looking at a fast start and some cracking tradewinds
19 November 2007
Dark times in the Doldrums for Aviva and a resolution to stop 'zigzagging'
18 November 2007
Think of a number, any number. Double it. Then call it your blog audience
16 November 2007
More from the debate on whether to pull the plug if you have to abandon
16 November 2007
Why the 60ft trimarans were their own worst enemies
16 November 2007
A mysterious incident tore off the whole main hull bow of trimaran Banque Populaire
15 November 2007
Valise liferafts are vulnerable to punctures - and more from the raft debate
15 November 2007
Exactly what is the point of video conferencing?
14 November 2007
Want better. lighter sails? Take your sailmaker along for the hard work...
13 November 2007
How did a yacht abandoned on the ARC end up foundering 1,200 miles north?
13 November 2007
Could anyone lose their life again on an ocean race? Yes, and it could be this easy...
12 November 2007
As the rock stars wake up to Open 60s, the under-rated Mike Golding shows once again how it's done
12 November 2007
How about this for a totally mad skipper's presentation?
10 November 2007
The favourite for the Barcelona World Race insists he is not feeling under pressure
10 November 2007
Have a look at Alex Thomson's very, very strange Hugo Boss promo video
10 November 2007
Or should we be asking the pairs of skippers 'who will fight?' on the Barcelona World Race?
9 November 2007
At last sponsors can see America's Cup style come to ocean racing
9 November 2007
Find out how Dee Caffari rates one of the most important bits of safety kit this (or last) decade
7 November 2007
The tightrope walker has slipped back but the British newcomers are looking flash
7 November 2007
Why weather decisions right now could be the turning point of the race
7 November 2007
Pindar's 'international rescue ship' to go to the boys on dismasted Artemis?
7 November 2007
The Pindar girls scream to avoid a crashing visit in the TJV
6 November 2007
The yacht designer with the mostest right now
6 November 2007
They saved the innovative OSTAR proa from 1968 - and she's still sailing
6 November 2007
Is the emergency kit in a liferaft really up to saving your life? You don't sound optimistic
5 November 2007
Ridiculously tricked out with every go faster gadget and way faster than the wind
4 November 2007
The Open 60s are deserting this great race, and the Class 40 is set to take over
3 November 2007
A lucky break for Golding as he leads the British charge in the Transat Jacques Vabre?
3 November 2007
Mike Birch celebrates his 76th birthday - as he gets ready to race in the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre
1 November 2007
The couple rescued after their keel fell off - and the liferaft kit that could have left them for dead
30 October 2007
A 52ft canting keeler round the world one-design for the fixed budget SolOceans race
29 October 2007
...and a bit. Pete Raymer is clearly a legend
29 October 2007
Celebrations for British ocean sailor's greatest supporter
29 October 2007
Two young newcomers cause a stir at the Transat Jacques Vabre
28 October 2007
The girl gets a well-deserved gong
27 October 2007
What's going on with these wingmast tube failures?
26 October 2007
End of an era of stupendous OSTAR innovation as the multihulls are expelled from the Transat race
26 October 2007
Dodgy boat names, and a spot of full frontal nudity - so don't say I didn't warn you
26 October 2007
Francis Joyon prepares for the most stressful voyage in the world
25 October 2007
The Mini Transat winner is straight from the Eric Tabarly school
24 October 2007
Classic undress in the best possible taste. Honest
24 October 2007
One circus skill that will come in handy
22 October 2007
Why has the America's Cup gone to court? You tell me
22 October 2007
Check out this photo of a rainspout in the Med
22 October 2007
Yet more dodgy boat names
21 October 2007
Some people! I don't know...
19 October 2007
Sounds like the Class 40s are gathering speed
19 October 2007
Scarified by a gale on the opening day of the Rolex Middle Sea Race
18 October 2007
A surprising opener for the sailing Olympics
18 October 2007
And this really is my last post on the subject
18 October 2007
Several new designs in the offing, reports Tim Kent
18 October 2007
One man who thinks Class 40 is the most exciting racing option around
17 October 2007
Cd u txt msg da Cst Grd at c?
17 October 2007
Boat sinks as skipper gets a hot drink
17 October 2007
This used to be a sailing story. *Sigh* Anyway, another photo....
17 October 2007
Some names you shouldn't call your boat
16 October 2007
Sailors told to change the name of their boat - Jackie Big Tits. Some helpful alternatives...
15 October 2007
Sam Davies is all heart as she goes training
12 October 2007
Time for the solo hero to extend his trophy cabinet?
12 October 2007
How Yachting Monthly's finest set up a boat show sting
11 October 2007
Vendée skippers given one-line character studies
11 October 2007
Mini Transat race leader is thinking of retiring after technical problems
11 October 2007
With a year to go, the Vendée Globe is hanging out the 'No Vacancies' sign
10 October 2007
Atlantic crossing tips (version 2.0) issued after consultation period
10 October 2007
The biggest ever Laser regatta - and one in eight sailors was over 65
9 October 2007
The Barcelona World Race will be 'the toughest offshore race ever', predicts Alex Thomson
9 October 2007
10 things to remember if you're planning to sail across the Atlantic
7 October 2007
Now this is what I call a beauty contest
5 October 2007
A stunnng shot of the 160ft schooner Eleonora at Les Voiles de St Tropez
5 October 2007
A little snack before dinner?
5 October 2007
Mini Transat skippers paint their way to good luck
5 October 2007
An idea for a keel that moves fore and aft as well as side to side
5 October 2007
A round the world race too many? The Open 60 class backs Ellen MacArthur's rival event
4 October 2007
A photo that shows possibly the best ever ship's name
3 October 2007
Do sailors never take drugs? Of course they do. I've seen it with my own eyes
3 October 2007
The broadest supporter of British sailing takes on another woman sailor
2 October 2007
One couple who should be picking up their new boat have nothing to show for their payments
2 October 2007
Elephants, footballers, topless models...and now a very big bird at a boat launch
1 October 2007
An unusual idea for movable ballast
1 October 2007
A sniff of scandal in Valencia
1 October 2007
What would you give to be here for a taste of this kind of racing?
30 September 2007
