Modern sailing increasingly relies on apps on your phone or tablet to find your way. We have tested the latest and best navigation apps on the market. iSailor iSailor is…
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Best Navigation apps for sailors: Savvy Navvy
Modern sailing increasingly relies on apps on your phone or tablet to find your way. We have tested the latest and best navigation apps on the market. Savvy Navvy Savvy…
Best Navigation apps for sailors: Navionics Boating app
Modern sailing increasingly relies on apps on your phone or tablet to find your way. We have tested the latest and best navigation apps on the market. Navionics Boating app…
Best navigation apps: 6 top options tested
It’s increasingly rare these days to see any sailor without at least one navigation application on their phone, while tablets are even preferred to fixed multifunction displays (MFDs) on an…
Best Navigation apps for sailors: C-Map
Modern sailing increasingly relies on apps on your phone or tablet to find your way. We have tested the latest and best navigation apps on the market. C-Map Navigation app…
Atlantic crossing: When’s the best time to go?
An Atlantic crossing or Atlantic circuit has often been seen as a year-long adventure, crossing the ocean in late November or December to the Caribbean, with a return to Europe…
Best cold water wetsuit for year-round watersports addicts
For watersports activities, the correct heat retaining, technical clothing is imperative, particularly in the winter when the water temperature can drop to as low as 7°C. If you want to…
First look: Persico FLY40 – foiling one design
The Persico FLY40 is a new one design class, which is the direct outcome of the Italian yard’s involvement in the last America’s Cup. It scales down the concept of…
5 reasons to follow the Transat Jacques Vabre
The Transat Jacques Vabre is one of the ultimate tests of short-handed racing, a double-handed dash from France that sees many of the world’s top racing machines take on the…
December 2021
In the December 2021 issue of Yachting World François Tregouet gets the inside info on one of the coolest yachts on the planet, François Gabart’s jet-fighter-style Ultime trimaran, SVR-Lazartigue. We…
Webinar: Nikki Henderson on co-skippering
Don’t miss the fourth in the Bluewater Sailing Webinar series by Grand Large Yachting, in association with Yachting World. In today’s webinar Nikki Henderson, British yachtswoman and Yachting World contributor,…
World’s coolest yachts: B&Q Castorama
“For me ‘Moby’, as Ellen MacArthur’s trimaran was known, is one of the coolest yachts,” says top yachting photographer, Thierry Martinez of Ellen’s B&Q Castorama. “In this photograph Ellen is…
Step aboard superyachts with 3D experiences from Matterport
Invite prospective clients and owners to virtually walkthrough ‘digital twins’ of vessels as if they were onboard. Leading spatial data company Matterport now allows yacht designers, manufacturers, brokers and owners…
Cruising Mexico with a newborn: one couple’s story
The earth inhales. A treeless desert fevers under a rising sun, breathing the cool air that rests at sea. In the evening the earth exhales, its warm breath accelerates down…
How to run the pit: Top tips from a pro sailor
Running the pit is more than pulling the right ropes at the right time, according to Tom Burnham. “The pitman is that communication and decision-making link between the front of…
Alex Thomson stands down as Vendée Globe skipper
British sailor Alex Thomson has announced he won’t compete as a skipper in the 2024 Vendée Globe, the solo, non-stop race around-the-world, but doesn’t rule out returning to the race…
Finding flow in the Gotland Runt
3:45am. I don hat, base layers, foulies, boots, head torch and neck gaiter before stepping up on deck. There I am greeted by a fiery sunrise rising above the fierce…
First look: Baltic 146 Path
With speed comes an increasing demand for comfort where modern fast cruising superyachts are concerned. And in the case of Baltic 146 Path, this purposeful new 45m design, there are…
Webinar: how to manage your boat on a circumnavigation
Don’t miss the third in the Bluewater Sailing Webinar series by Grand Large Yachting, in association with Yachting World. This Thursday’s webinar covers the key topic of technical boat management, led…
Onboard communication: Pip Hare’s guide
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to join the French crew of the IMOCA 60 Bureau Vallée 3 for the Ocean Race Europe. Their new boat had been launched…