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    Eagle Class 53: The foiling cruiser inspired by the America’s Cup

    • August 6, 2019

    Not everything that flies is destined to scorch around an America’s Cup course. The future…

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    Charal: On board the radical IMOCA 60 that takes foiling to the next level

    • July 22, 2019

    In St Malo for the start of the Route du Rhum in early November, every…

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    Shearwater: Frers 57 custom cruiser-racer harnesses hybrid power

    • July 2, 2019

    Wheeling effortlessly from crest to trough, wingtips kissing the wavetops, the shearwater is Australia’s most…

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    Qilak: The super-rugged yacht built for fast, high-latitudes cruising

    • June 6, 2019

    If there were an award for brutalism in naval architecture Qilak would surely be on…

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    Could the wonderfully weird Inflated Wing Sail make sailing easier?

    • June 4, 2019

    As the mist rose off the water’s surface in the picturesque harbour of Morges on…

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    Maiden refit: How Tracy Edwards’ sailing legend was brought back to life

    • May 15, 2019

    Few yachts, and fewer skippers, become truly famous – famous in the sense that the…

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    Wilhelmina: The Nigel Irens motor launch designed for sailors

    • May 1, 2019

    It’s a beautiful autumn afternoon in Salcombe, and half a dozen of the local yawls…

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    The icon updated: meet the 1970s Swan 48 given a radical new look

    • October 29, 2018

    Can you improve on perfection? The Sparkman & Stephens-designed Swan 48 is widely considered to…

    When skiffs get radical: the high performance new Superfoiler

    • May 24, 2018

    The boundary between control and carnage aboard was thoroughly tested on the inaugural SuperFoiler Grand…

    Beached, abandoned mid-ocean, capsized… Acapella, the invincible little yellow trimaran

    • February 26, 2018

    They say a cat has nine lives, A Capella is a trimaran which seems to…

    Roast dinner round the Rock: onboard the iconic Sparkman & Stephens design Kialoa II

    • August 14, 2017

    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

    • August 1, 2017

    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

    • July 6, 2017

    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

    • June 20, 2017

    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

    • June 8, 2017

    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

    • May 19, 2017

    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

    • March 31, 2017

    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”

    • March 27, 2017

    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

    • March 26, 2017

    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

    • March 25, 2017

    Eight years ago Wally did what it does best and stunned the sailing world with…

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