They say a cat has nine lives, A Capella is a trimaran which seems to…
Extraordinary boats
Roast dinner round the Rock: onboard the iconic Sparkman & Stephens design Kialoa II
Without question one of the yachts that attracted the most lingering glances on the busy…
Balmain Bug: the classic skiff that’s too much sail and not enough boat
The Balmain Bug is a 1.83m (6ft) Australian skiff class dinghy, of which just two…
Blitzen – the 1938 Olin Stephens design that was the grand prix boat of the day
Olin Stephens was just 30 years old when Blitzen was launched in 1938, following in…
Arkema 3 – the innovative foiling Mini 6.50 aiming to win the 2017 Mini Transat race
Looking at the armoury of innovations incorporated in the Arkema 3 Mini it appears to…
Racing on Eleonora in the Caribbean 600 – a dream course for a giant classic schooner
One of the great wonders of sailing is that, no matter how wide our experience…
Undaunted – the 42-inch yacht still hoping to become the smallest boat ever to cross the Atlantic
Just 24 hours into his first attempt to sail solo across the Atlantic in Undaunted,…
Video tour of Adventuress, the glorious 83ft Fife-designed 1924 schooner
Take a walk through the stunning interior of newly restored 83ft Fife schooner Adventuress
Rammed by a trawler off the coast of Brittany: “There was no-one at the wheel”
The 90-ton ketch Johanne was launched in 1929 as a Baltic trader, writes Tom Cunliffe.…
Sybaris – a new ketch from Perini Navi and the world’s sixth largest private yacht
The 70m ketch Sybaris, built for a New York lawyer and software entrepreneur, is the…
The incomparable style of Wally Nano MkII – a Hoek designed modern classic
Eight years ago Wally did what it does best and stunned the sailing world with…
The new heyday of the J Class – why this illustrious class is now more popular than ever
As the breeze freshens, we power up even more. We’re heeled to the gunwales now,…
At the helm of J Class yacht Endeavour – we get exclusive on-board access
The mighty press of canvas fills as her bows fall off from head to wind.…
The world’s biggest yachts – what’s behind the growth of the gigayacht
Dwarfing not only any other yacht that happened to be on the River Eider, but…
Sir Robin Knox-Johnston refits his famous yacht Suhaili
In 1968, on 14 June at 1420, a 32ft ketch called Suhaili, with Robin Knox-Johnston…
A look on board the extraordinary 86m Aquijo, the world’s largest ketch
The largest Bermudan rigged ketch ever launched, the 86m Aquijo was designed by Bill Tripp and launched…
Inside the Infiniti 46 – video tour of the world’s first production offshore racer with DSS foils
Though most of us are captivated by the images of flying boats from International Moths…
Aboard CQS – video tour of the 12-year-old supermaxi that became a cutting edge DSS foiler
CQS (formerly the 90-footer Nicorette) is something of a ‘back to the future’ hybrid in…
Optimised to win: how Peter Morton’s Carkeek 40 Girls on Film won the highly competitive Fast 40+ class
The Carkeek 40 is a proven design that originally dates from 2012. Girls on Film,…
What’s behind the design of Alex Thomson’s Vendée Globe racer Hugo Boss?
The 2016/7 Vendée Globe race will go down as one dominated by two very different…