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    Vestas Wind shipwreck highlights key lessons

    Comment: How the Team Vestas Wind crash really happened, and the crucial things we can learn from it

    • March 9, 2015

    “We’re on a reef, we’re not getting off. We’re f****ed.” After broadcasting a Mayday on…

    Phaedo finish

    Phaedo3 shatters course record to win line honours in the RORC Caribbean 600

    • February 25, 2015

    Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD 70 trimaran Phaedo3 has broken the course record of the Caribbean 600,…

    Lionheart

    Glorious J Class to return to America’s Cup to race after 80 years

    • February 12, 2015

    After 80 years, the magnificent J Class is to return to the America’s Cup to race…

    Storm behind Volvo Ocean Race

    Southern Ocean storms are some of the most brutal forces in nature. Here is how sailors try to harness them

    • February 3, 2015

    Solo sailors call it ‘the South’, as if to emphasise its alien difference. The Southern…

    Launch of Rambler 88 at New England Boatworks

    Video of the potent new Rambler 88 as she launches in New England

    • January 16, 2015

    Here’s a great video of Rambler 88 being launched from New England Boatworks, including some…

    Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss

    Solo sailors such as Alex Thomson embody the motto ‘quitters never win; winners never quit’. They should be our sport’s role models

    • January 15, 2015

    We know them as shorthanded or single-handed round the world races, the Vendée Globe and…

    Cheminées Poujoulat gets a slow start at the Barcelona World Race start

    Barcelona World Race starts in light winds, but duel between Alex Thomson and Bernard Stamm has begun

    • December 31, 2014

    The departure of a short-handed, non-stop round the world race is always highly charged and…

    Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss

    Alex Thomson ready for his quest to win the Barcelona World Race in Hugo Boss

    • December 29, 2014

    On New Year’s Eve, as Barcelona celebrates, Britain’s Alex Thomson will set out on the…

    Rambler 88 maxi

    New all-carbon maxi Rambler 88 launched in Rhode Island, a new Juan K-designed handicap weapon

    • December 22, 2014

    The new all-carbon maxi Rambler 88 was launched the month at New England Boatworks in…

    Team Brunel win leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race

    Experience counts as Team Brunel win Volvo Ocean Race leg 2 to Abu Dhabi

    • December 13, 2014

    Experience counted in the end, as Team Brunel swept past their rivals on Dongfeng Race…

    Vendée Globe 2016 presentation

    First presentation for the Vendée Globe 2016 reveals skippers, sponsors and new builds will be back in force

    • December 10, 2014

    Although there are two years to go before the start of the Vendée Globe 2016…

    Vestas Wind shipwreck highlights key lessons

    Volvo Ocean Race press conference about Team Vestas shipwreck leaves questions unanswered

    • December 8, 2014

    What happened to cause Team Vestas Wind to hit a reef in the Indian Ocean…

    Team Vestas Cargados Carajos Shoals

    Volvo Ocean Race – how could a yacht bristling with technology hit a known reef?

    • December 3, 2014

    How is it possible for a yacht bristling with the latest technology to hit a…

    Foiling kiteboards at the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Could this crazy fast spectacle be the sport’s future?

    • December 1, 2014

    A new event for foiling kiteboards has been made for the first time in this…

    Spindrift 2

    Think something’s impossible in sailing, or too dangerous? Why I’ve learned never to say never

    • November 27, 2014

    One thing I’ve learned about sailing is never to say something is impossible, and to…

    Listening to the noises on board a yacht, and what they mean

    • November 16, 2014

    It only takes a little while of living on a yacht to develop a mental…

    Launched: the fastest monohull ever?

    • October 8, 2014

    A 100-footer built for no other purpose than record breaking has been launched in the…

    Coastguard opens new rescue centre

    • September 16, 2014

    Portland and Solent Coastguard stations close as new centre opens

    Dee Caffari

    Cowes Week: Caffari gets top award

    • August 8, 2014

    Dee Caffari awarded trophy ahead of her fifth circumnavigation, and winds desert regatta

    UKSA

    Cowes Week: elite or open house?

    • August 7, 2014

    How Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is growing sailing beyond privilege

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