It can be tough following in the footsteps of a two-time Olympian parent, but Emma Wilson is well on track to do just that. From planing on the front of…
Olympic sailing: Light winds, disqualifications and more medals
Medal Races where first brought into the Olympic Sailing Competition in an attempt to provide a final race showdown for the medals, while maintaining the integrity of the sailing competition.…
Vessel transfer: A how to guide from Pip Hare
Whether it’s a medical emergency that requires a single crewmember to be evacuated, or a yacht suffers damage that means it’s impossible to navigate safely to the shore and the…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic sailing: First medals all but decided
The first medals are all but guaranteed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as Dutch windsurfer Kiran Badloe (NED) put one hand on the Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X gold…
Olympic Sailing: What it’s really like in Japan
Touch wood, this Olympic Sailing Regatta really seems to be working out! The site of the 1964 Games is delivering a great competition for Tokyo 2020. Aside from having to…
New yachts: Swan 58 and Swan 55
Nautor’s is expanding at an enviable rate – turnover doubled between 2017 and 2019 and the company shows no sign of wanting to rein in its ambition, with around a…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing: Brits to the fore on day four
Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Eight out of ten…
How to deal with problems at sea
Liz Wardley, by her own admission, hated school. “I was a very bad student, but if I can learn a skill that’s going to help me make the boat go…
Best cooler box and cooling kit for sailors
With the summer now in full swing, keeping cool is key for those of us spending time out on the water. And for those of us heading to the beach…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing: Ups and downs on Day 3
The excitement kicked up a gear on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as the women in the 49erFX Skiff put on a display of high…
Obituary: Bruce Kirby, designer of the Laser dinghy (1929 – 2021)
Bruce Kirby is best remembered as the designer for the Laser single-handed dinghy, now known as the ILCA. He was born in Ottawa, Canada in 1929 and began his journalism…
The boom in around the world racing for all
Have you ever dreamed of sailing in an around the world race, passing Cape Horn or surfing down the face of a breaking wave deep in the Southern Ocean? In…
Extraordinary boats: Banque Populaire XI
Banque Populaire is one of the world’s most experienced and successful sailing teams, and was the force behind Armel Le Cléac’h’s 2016 record-breaking Vendée Globe victory, they now have a…
Olympic sailing: Confused seas and sailors on day 2
There was more wind than expected for the second day of racing at the Olympic Sailing Competition which was just as well as the lumpy, confused wave pattern made it…
Mediterranean sailing: Weather tips from Gibraltar to Turkey
Distances in the Mediterranean can be deceptive, with the distance from Gibraltar to Turkey being close to double that of Ushant to Gibraltar, yet we usually spend more time worrying…
Olympic sailing: Struggles for the big names on day one
After two weeks of training in steady onshore breezes, it was all change for the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing. On the Enoshima course, close to the…
François Gabart launches latest record-chasing trimaran
Francois Gabart, currently the fastest man to sail solo non-stop around the world, has unveiled his latest trimaran, the radical SVR-Lazartigue. Previously codenamed ‘M101’ the trimaran has taken two and…
Who is Hannah Mills, Britain’s 2020 Olympic flagbearer?
The British sailing team’s Hannah Mills has been selected to carry the Union Jack in the Olympic opening ceremony tomorrow, Friday 23 July. The reigning 470 Olympic sailing champion says…
Olympic sailing: How to follow the Tokyo 2020 regatta
For the 350 Olympic sailing athletes competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a medal symbolises more than their skills; it is a reflection of the single-minded, obsessive nature that is…
First look: RP Nauta 151 – alloy flyer
Royal Huisman is already hard at work building the RP Nauta 151, a 46m performance sloop by Reichel/Pugh and Nauta Design. It has been designed for a repeat client in…