The Iridium GO satellite wifi device is an appealing alternative to a satellite phone is a compact device that functions in much the same way as a MiFi hub for…
Elaine Bunting
Phaedo3 shatters course record to win line honours in the RORC Caribbean 600
Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD 70 trimaran Phaedo3 has broken the course record of the Caribbean 600, setting a new time of 1 day, 9 hours, 35 minutes and bettering the line…
VIDEO: take our exclusive video tour of MOD70 trimaran Phaedo³, primed for the Caribbean 600 record
Racing sailors like to say that if you want to win, then take a gun to a knife fight. US sailor Lloyd Thornburg has got himself an appropriate weapon in…
A day with the Falmouth Coastguard, Britain’s busiest maritime rescue centre
On a headland outside the town Falmouth Coastguard station looks out to sea like a sentinel. Binoculars lie on the window ledge, but the days of watching, at least physically,…
Watch this first look video walkthrough of the stylish new Grand Soleil LC46
Grand Soleil have come up with something really different in their new LC46. After the company was bought last year by the Italian Sly Yachts group they’ve diversified from their…
March Yachting World out now: here’s a taste of this month’s great features
Like a racehorse so famous it has a nickname, the Australian supermaxi Wild Oats XI is known colloquially as WOXI, and in the last decade this big beast has successfully…
VIDEO: Yachting World shows you how to anchor safely in coral waters
In the latest Bluewater Sailing Techniques video, our experts explain how to anchor safely in coral waters
J Class racing: what’s behind the close competition and spectacle of sail
Photographs were what made the J Class famous. The camera has always loved their sweeping lines, and frozen the elegance of racing in an instant of silent beauty. But for…
Glorious J Class to return to America’s Cup to race after 80 years
After 80 years, the magnificent J Class is to return to the America’s Cup to race in a parallel regatta during the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda in 2017. This is…
Shipping containers lost at sea: how much of a danger are they to sailing yachts?
When you are offshore and looking at empty water stretching all around, the odds of running into something barely visible seem very slim. Yet the hazard is common enough to…
Generating power on board: we ask 250 skippers crossing the Atlantic for their views on this evergreen topic
We first started our ARC equipment survey 14 years ago and have been collecting data annually on the types of gear yachts carry and how skippers rate it. It’s the…
Southern Ocean storms are some of the most brutal forces in nature. Here is how sailors try to harness them
Solo sailors call it ‘the South’, as if to emphasise its alien difference. The Southern Ocean is a place most of us have never been to and never wish to…
Caribbean 600 race to feature up to 60 yachts from brand new carbon racers to two giant schooners
The RORC Caribbean 600 race, which begins on 23 February, will have a fleet of up to 60 yachts from brand new carbon racers to two giant schooners. The fleet…
Morris 48 – an eagerly awaited new American yacht with a mix of modern a traditional values
Even on an afternoon of intermittent drizzle, nothing could dampen the eagerness of visitors to Annapolis to see on board the Morris 48 (officially the Morris Ocean Series 48GT). Every…
Team Vestas Wind navigator Wouter Verbraak sacked after review into Volvo Ocean Race shipwreck
Team Vestas Wind have sacked navigator Wouter Verbraak as part of the Volvo Ocean Race crew. Verbraak was the navigator when the yacht ran up on a reef in the Indian Ocean…
Our top tips for using iPad apps for navigation: first thing, get a waterproof case!
Using iPad apps for navigation is becoming a popular option and we tested seven chartplotting apps for a feature in Yachting World. But what about using an iPad on board? …
Video of the potent new Rambler 88 as she launches in New England
Here’s a great video of Rambler 88 being launched from New England Boatworks, including some interviews with the builders and engineers and some footage of her canting keel being attached.…
J Class yachts are to return to the UK for a spectacular regatta in July
A highlight of the summer season in the Solent this year will be the return of the J Class. The J Class Association has confirmed that at least of the…
Solo sailors such as Alex Thomson embody the motto ‘quitters never win; winners never quit’. They should be our sport’s role models
We know them as shorthanded or single-handed round the world races, the Vendée Globe and the like, but we should really call them single-minded races. An unwavering dedication and almost…
New 70m superyacht ketch Sybaris is under construction by Perini Navi
This is Sybaris, the new 70m superyacht currently under construction at Perini Navi in Italy. At 927 tonnes displacement, the ketch will be the second largest sailing vessel Perini Navi…