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Skippers prepare for The Transat bakerly, one of yacht racing’s toughest tests
Plymouth is where the sport of solo ocean racing was minted in 1960. The first…
Loïck Peyron: is the legendary French yachtsman the world’s greatest sailor?
Loïck Peyron's extraordinary career shows him as the ultimate all-rounder
Raymarine Quantum – a revolutionary new radar using Chirp technology
Raymarine claims its new Quantum Chirp radome is the lightest and most efficient radar in…
Canadian yachtsman is murdered following kidnapping in Philippines
John Ridsdel, 68, was taken hostage from the Ocean View Marina on Samal Island, Davao…
Skip Novak: want a larger yacht? Sometimes smaller is better for exploratory cruising
Some years ago I piloted a 170ft superyacht down the coast of Chile. It was…
Land Rover BAR launches its third America’s Cup test boat, ‘T3’
Land Rover BAR is the first of the America’s Cup Challengers to launch a third…
World ARC crews talk to us in Colombia, first stop on their circumnavigation
Thirty-three yachts are in the early stages of a 26,000-mile circumnavigation with the sixth World…
Planning an offshore passage? Get expert advice at the Bluewater Open Weekend
A free open boat weekend for bluewater sailors is being run by ARC rally organisers…
Join the Yachting World team – we’re looking for an enthusiastic all-rounder
Yachting World, the world’s most widely read sailing magazine, is looking for an organised and…
Video: Watch our pick of the craziest stunts on sailing boats
1. The ‘Keel walk’ Alex Thomson made one of sailing’s most iconic images when he…
A marine vacuum cleaner to suck up plastic? Meet the Seabin Project
Dame Ellen MacArthur made headlines recently by quoting memorable statistics that included: “One refuse truck’s…
A brief affair with Graham Greene – a double-ender lists the author as an owner
Graham Greene is not noted for being a great sailor. The author of Brighton Rock,…
Meet the radical new BlackCat, a 50m/165ft luxury multihull that can do 30 knots!
Every now and again you see a radical new concept that makes you grin in…
X-Yachts X4 – a new X to mark the spot between cruising and performance
Two years ago X-Yachts announced a new flagship, the appealing X6. Although later than anticipated,…
Gallery: Stunning photographs from the seventh edition of the Les Voiles de St Barth
Photos by Christophe Jouanay The seventh edition of Les Voiles de St. Barth is underway,…
5 tips: the port and starboard cross – the simplest rule?
With the wind slowly clocking right your original decision that the pin end was the…
Green flash: fact or fantasy? Weather man Chris Tibbs explains the science
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Obituary: Ed Dubois 1952-2016
Few yacht designers were as influential as Ed Dubois, who died in March at the…
Catamaran Sailing Techniques Part 2: Handling under power – with Nigel Irens
As you may be one day, we were new to the catamaran we were offered…