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Think something’s impossible in sailing, or too dangerous? Why I’ve learned never to say never
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
It only takes a little while of living on a yacht to develop a mental…
Bob Shepton: adventurer joins the ranks of Chichester and Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
Former chaplain is a sailing legend
Launched: the fastest monohull ever?
A 100-footer built for no other purpose than record breaking has been launched in the…
Cowes Week: elite or open house?
How Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is growing sailing beyond privilege
Escape from a lee shore
Our visit to an island community in Fiji is cut short as we are forced…
Man overboard!
We practice recovering a man overboard while sailing under spinnaker
Aboard ‘the world’s fastest 100-footer’
This superfast cruiser incorporates some of the best ideas from solo ocean racers
AC35 Artemis Racing: Views on the Cup
Team principal Torbjörn Törnqvist and team manager Iain Percy outline their plans, their views and…
Inside Falmouth Coastguard
A tour of the ops room of one of the busiest rescue co-ordination centres in…
A fond farewell to David Glenn
As the Editor retires, he looks back at the milestones of his time at YW
Skip Novak wins cruising award
Author of our Storm Sailing series wins award for encouraging adventure cruising
British Cup Campaign, What Chance?
How Ainslie rates his prospects of making it to the next America’s Cup for Britain…
ARC yachts: bigger and glossier?
There are some real stunners in the 225-strong fleet – a step upwards or is…
Thomas Coville on solo round the world record
It’s his fourth painful bid to break the most punishing and elevated of all sailing…
Have flares had their day?
There are better ways of making a distress signal, says the RYA
Mini Transat: energy and innovation
As 84 skippers and their tiny boats wait for a transatlantic start, we look at…
Americas Cup: Fast Turning Fortunes
Race 5 - Another dramatic and exciting lead change, but what’s up with Oracle?
America’s Cup: Fazed or focussed?
With just hours to go, can Oracle Racing defend the Cup? Clues from the skippers’…