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    Going for gold: When only one Olympic medal matters

    • Yachting World
    • August 3, 2021

    How is it that anyone could possibly be distraught, in floods of tears, because they’re carrying a seven-point advantage going…

    Olympic Sailing: Italian dominance in the Nacra 17

    • Toby Heppell
    • August 3, 2021

    The Italian pairing of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti have been the standout performers in the Nacra 17 class since…

    Olympic Sailing: Gold for Brits and Brazilians in 49er and 49erFX

    • Toby Heppell
    • August 3, 2021

    The Men’s and Women’s Olympic Skiff fleets saw some tense racing for their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing medal races, with…

    Olympic Sailing: Giles Scott grabs second Finn gold

    • Toby Heppell
    • August 3, 2021

    Iain Percy, Ben Ainslie and Giles Scott. These three British sailors have now between them taken every gold medal in…

    Sailing Pellew, the biggest Falmouth pilot cutter in 150 years

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    • August 3, 2021

    The upper reaches of the River Truro are not an obvious source of sailing innovation. No foiling cats fly over…

    New Yacht: ICE 70 – sleek high performance cruiser / racer

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    • August 2, 2021

    The ICE 70 is a gorgeous Umberto Felci design and has been conceived for fast cruising and racing at the…

    Vendée Globe: Race on for 2024 entries

    • Yachting World
    • August 2, 2021

    The 2020 Vendée Globe race, its ninth edition, was perhaps the most successful ever: it saw 33 entries, a record…

    Olympic sailing: Medals for the Laser and Laser Radial fleets

    • Yachting World
    • August 1, 2021

    Great weather returned to Enoshima for Sunday, with sunshine and moderate winds for the sailors to really stretch their legs…

    Emma Wilson: Britain’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Windsurfing medallist

    • Toby Heppell
    • July 30, 2021

    It can be tough following in the footsteps of a two-time Olympian parent, but Emma Wilson is well on track…

    Olympic sailing: Light winds, disqualifications and more medals

    • Yachting World
    • July 30, 2021

    Medal Races where first brought into the Olympic Sailing Competition in an attempt to provide a final race showdown for…

    Vessel transfer: A how to guide from Pip Hare

    • Yachting World
    • July 30, 2021

    Whether it’s a medical emergency that requires a single crewmember to be evacuated, or a yacht suffers damage that means…

    Tokyo 2020 Olympic sailing: First medals all but decided

    • Yachting World
    • July 29, 2021

    The first medals are all but guaranteed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as Dutch windsurfer Kiran Badloe (NED)…

    Olympic Sailing: What it’s really like in Japan

    • Yachting World
    • July 29, 2021

    Touch wood, this Olympic Sailing Regatta really seems to be working out! The site of the 1964 Games is delivering…

    New yachts: Swan 58 and Swan 55

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    • July 29, 2021

    Nautor’s is expanding at an enviable rate – turnover doubled between 2017 and 2019 and the company shows no sign…

    Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing: Brits to the fore on day four

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    • July 28, 2021

    Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of…

    How to deal with problems at sea

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    • July 28, 2021

    Liz Wardley, by her own admission, hated school. “I was a very bad student, but if I can learn a…

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    Best cooler box and cooling kit for sailors

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    • July 28, 2021

    With the summer now in full swing, keeping cool is key for those of us spending time out on the…

    Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing: Ups and downs on Day 3

    • Yachting World
    • July 27, 2021

    The excitement kicked up a gear on the third day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition as the women…

    Obituary: Bruce Kirby, designer of the Laser dinghy (1929 – 2021)

    • James Wilkie Devoy
    • July 27, 2021

    Bruce Kirby is best remembered as the designer for the Laser single-handed dinghy, now known as the ILCA. He was…

    The boom in around the world racing for all

    • Elaine Bunting
    • July 27, 2021

    Have you ever dreamed of sailing in an around the world race, passing Cape Horn or surfing down the face…

    Extraordinary boats: Banque Populaire XI

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    • July 27, 2021

    Banque Populaire is one of the world’s most experienced and successful sailing teams, and was the force behind Armel Le…

    Olympic sailing: Confused seas and sailors on day 2

    • Yachting World
    • July 26, 2021

    There was more wind than expected for the second day of racing at the Olympic Sailing Competition which was just…

    Mediterranean sailing: Weather tips from Gibraltar to Turkey

    • Yachting World
    • July 26, 2021

    Distances in the Mediterranean can be deceptive, with the distance from Gibraltar to Turkey being close to double that of…

    Olympic sailing: Struggles for the big names on day one

    • Yachting World
    • July 25, 2021

    After two weeks of training in steady onshore breezes, it was all change for the opening day of the Tokyo…

    François Gabart launches latest record-chasing trimaran

    • Helen Fretter
    • July 23, 2021

    Francois Gabart, currently the fastest man to sail solo non-stop around the world, has unveiled his latest trimaran, the radical…

    Who is Hannah Mills, Britain’s 2020 Olympic flagbearer?

    • Helen Fretter
    • July 22, 2021

    The British sailing team’s Hannah Mills has been selected to carry the Union Jack in the Olympic opening ceremony tomorrow,…

    Best water toys: the latest inflatables and kit for fun afloat

    • Toby Hodges
    • July 21, 2021

    With the Northern Hemisphere summer now in full swing many of us have our boats back on the water. But…

    Olympic sailing: How to follow the Tokyo 2020 regatta

    • Toby Heppell
    • July 21, 2021

    For the 350 Olympic sailing athletes competing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a medal symbolises more than their skills; it…

    First look: RP Nauta 151 – alloy flyer

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    • July 21, 2021

    Royal Huisman is already hard at work building the RP Nauta 151, a 46m performance sloop by Reichel/Pugh and Nauta…

    Have your say on Yachting World and get a chance to win a case of wine

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    • July 21, 2021

    From refits to racing — and much more besides — we cover a lot of different topics at Yachting World.…

    Hydrogen power: Is the future of onboard power here?

    • Yachting World
    • July 20, 2021

    We all know that hydrogen is the power of the future. After all, scientists have been discussing it for decades.…

    SailGP: Australian team takes victory in British leg

    • Toby Heppell
    • July 19, 2021

    Thousands of fans turned up on Plymouth Hoe, and hundreds of spectator boats lined the F50 racecourse in Plymouth Sound…

    Paul Goodison on how to drive a foiling F50 in SailGP

    • Helen Fretter
    • July 16, 2021

    Paul Goodison is one of the most talented foiling sailors around – he’s a three-time International Moth World Champion and…

    SailGP: Teams prepared for British leg

    • Toby Heppell
    • July 16, 2021

    The Great Britain Sail Grand Prix is here, as the eight national SailGP teams go head-to-head in Plymouth this weekend…

    Tokyo Olympic sailing: Who will win Gold in Japan?

    • Yachting World
    • July 15, 2021

    The Olympic Sailing Regatta in Tokyo will be a high-level experiment in who has spent the past 18 months of…

    First look: Wally 101 – new 101ft yacht due in 2023

    • Yachting World
    • July 12, 2021

    Wally has sold its first new sailing yacht since the buy-out by Ferretti in 2019 – a 101-footer inspired by…

    Cruising Brittany: highlights of a final sail

    • Yachting World
    • July 12, 2021

    The sun lingered low in the sky, casting a golden glow over the sandy island of Höedic. The small south…

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    How to get offshore race ready: Dee Caffari offers her advice

    • Yachting World
    • July 12, 2021

    Dee Caffari believes that getting ready for a big offshore race is a constant process. “It’s all about the preparation…

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    Round the world race: 100ft trimarans set for solo race

    • Helen Fretter
    • July 9, 2021

    The Ultim class has announced the first single-handed race round the world for giant multihulls, the Solo Ultim World Tour. …

    Pelagic 77 video: onboard one of the world’s most extreme sailing machines

    • Yachting World
    • July 8, 2021

    The latest and largest Pelagic design, the 77ft Vinson of Antarctica, created in collaboration with legendary adventurer and expedition sailor Skip…

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    Fastnet Race navigation: tactics for the new finish

    • Yachting World
    • July 7, 2021

    The new Rolex Fastnet Race course, finishing in Cherbourg instead of Plymouth for the first time this August, offers more…

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    The fastest monohull ever? Meet the ClubSwan 125

    • Toby Hodges
    • July 6, 2021

    Nautor’s Swan announced it was to build a record breaker in 2018 and it’s been a long wait living on…

    Cruising in Europe: How to cope with Covid and Brexit issues

    • Helen Fretter
    • July 6, 2021

    Cruising in Europe was once the comparatively simple option, negotiating weather systems in Biscay and overcrowded anchorages being the major…

    Solent sea breeze: Understanding typical Solent summer winds

    • Matthew Sheahan
    • July 6, 2021

    Clear skies at dawn and a hint of wispy cumulus rising above the mainland shore are early signs of a…

    First look: Moana M35’ WRC – serious offshore racer

    • Yachting World
    • July 5, 2021

    The Moana M35’ WRC is a water-ballasted design with a rotating bowsprit that is available in several different formats, each…

    Pen Duick VI to race in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race

    • Katy Stickland
    • July 1, 2021

    Pen Duick VI, the yacht which legendary French sailor Éric Tabarly skippered in the very first Whitbread Round the World…

    First look: Sunreef 80

    • Yachting World
    • July 1, 2021

    Polish luxury catamaran builder Sunreef says it will launch a new ‘eco’ 80-footer this summer in Gdansk, the Sunreef 80.…

    Gear: 878 clothing bringing graphene tech to sailing clothes

    • Yachting World
    • July 1, 2021

    Most innovation is an iterative process of continued small improvements in product design or materials technology. However, occasionally a step-change…

    First look: Oyster 495

    • Yachting World
    • June 30, 2021

    The Oyster 495 is the first all-new sub 50ft Oyster model in 16 years and is one of the most…

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    No OSTAR? No problem! Corinthian sailors set up their own transat

    • Helen Fretter
    • June 29, 2021

    Following the postponement of this year’s OSTAR and TwoSTAR transatlantic races to 2022, a small group of determined solo and…

    World’s coolest yachts: Volvo 70 Ericsson 4

    • Yachting World
    • June 29, 2021

    “Ericsson 4 holds a special place in my history of boats sailed. I was fortunate to be part of a…

    America’s Cup: Where will AC37 be held?

    • Toby Heppell
    • June 28, 2021

    Despite Emirates Team New Zealand winning the America’s Cup on home turf earlier this year, it now looks increasingly likely…

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    Contest Yachts and Bentley team up for custom Contest 59CS

    • Yachting World
    • June 28, 2021

    The idea started in 2019 when famous Russian musician and film director Garick Sukachev had the idea of commissioning a…

    Gear: New Seldén soft attachment blocks

    • Yachting World
    • June 28, 2021

    Increasingly sailors are turning to soft attachment blocks for the many positive attributes they offer. Originally they may have been…

    Finn dinghy: Farewell to Olympics

    • Helen Fretter
    • June 25, 2021

    This summer will be last time we see the Finn dinghy at the Olympic Games. In order to meet the directive…

    Visit Lauderdale: For everything under the sun

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    • June 24, 2021

    Bigger. And better than ever. That’s the promise for this year’s 62nd Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show (FLIBS). For five…

    Water for sailing: We survey the ARC fleet to find popular options

    • Toby Hodges
    • June 24, 2021

    Water is the source of all life. For any sailor considering extended cruising or an ocean crossing, the ability to…

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    Round the Island Race 2021: How to follow – a spectator’s guide

    • Yachting World
    • June 24, 2021

    The Round the Island Race is one of the most popular sailing races in the world, regularly seeing thousands of…

    First look: F70 – Carkeek and Persico join forces for foiler

    • Yachting World
    • June 23, 2021

    The latest collaboration between designer Shaun Carkeek and Italian yard Persico Marine is astonishing by the standards of any monohull.…

    New Gear: Gill OS3 jacket and trousers with new plant-based coating

    • Yachting World
    • June 22, 2021

    The new Gill OS3 fabric is a two-layer system, which has been developed to provide lightweight, competitively priced foul weather…

    Giles Scott: Can the Brit secure a second gold in Tokyo?

    • Helen Fretter
    • June 21, 2021

    Giles Scott is waiting. Like all of this year’s Olympic cohort, he is in a strange pre-Games limbo. Normally at…

    The Viking route: Across the Atlantic via Nova Scotia

    • Yachting World
    • June 18, 2021

    Think of crossing the Atlantic from west to east, and most people will picture a pleasant high-pressure route via Bermuda…

    Ocean Race Europe: Mirpuri Foundation wins with final hours gamble

    • Toby Heppell
    • June 17, 2021

    The third and final offshore leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to an exciting conclusion in the early hours…

    Seasickness cure: Could VR be the future?

    • Yachting World
    • June 17, 2021

    A true seasickness cure has long been hoped for as the debilitating problem has followed sailors for centuries. Charles Darwin…

    Sailing the Azores: A destination in their own right

    • Yachting World
    • June 16, 2021

    “Run, young lady! You shouldn’t be there!” a voice screamed behind me. I didn’t understand; I had no idea why…

    World’s coolest yachts: Mumm 30

    • Yachting World
    • June 15, 2021

    “I picked the Mumm 30 partly out of respect for Bruce Farr,” says designer Mark Mills. “[Farr] was so competitive…

    North Sea weather: Chris Tibbs give his advice

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    • June 14, 2021

    Dogger, Fisher, German Bight. Even the names of the North Sea weather forecasts are evocative, conjuring up a vision of…

    North Sails clothing: A sailing kit revolution?

    • Toby Hodges
    • June 11, 2021

    Very rarely do new brands of wet weather gear come along, so when North Sails decided to enter the foray…

    Ocean Race Europe: Leg two finish sets up close final leg

    • Yachting World
    • June 10, 2021

    The second leg of The Ocean Race Europe finished in Alicante, Spain on Wednesday 9 June, the culmination of three…

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    First look: Rapido 50 folding trimaran

    • Yachting World
    • June 9, 2021

    When launched in 2016 the Morelli and Melvin-designed Rapido 60 quickly established this brand as a new breed of ultra-fast,…

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    • June 8, 2021

    While we know the top professional sailors, Olympians and America’s Cup grinders are lean, mean machines who inhale protein shakes…

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    Ngoni for sale: Stunning sailing superyacht yours for £45m…

    • Toby Heppell
    • June 8, 2021

    “Build me a beast. Don’t build me a sheep in wolf’s clothing. This has to be an edgy and innovative…

    World’s toughest sailing record: New bid announced

    • Elaine Bunting
    • June 8, 2021

    An attempt on the toughest sailing record, the westabout round the world course, is being planned later this year by…

    Atlantic crossing: Extra ARC rally added for bumper entries

    • Yachting World
    • June 8, 2021

    After a year of lockdowns and travel limitations, such is the pent-up demand for sailing adventure that World Cruising Club…

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    • June 8, 2021

    Few boats have had such a rich and varied history over the past 40 years as this one, now known…

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    • Toby Heppell
    • June 7, 2021

    It was a weekend dominated by light winds as the SailGP fleet took to the waters of Taranto, Italy for…

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    • Toby Heppell
    • June 4, 2021

    Saturday 5 June will see the second regatta in this second season of SailGP. For the first time ever the…

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    • June 4, 2021

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    • June 4, 2021

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    • June 3, 2021

    Stu Bannatyne has learned the hard way that sailing upwind in survival conditions changes your priorities. “A lot of the…

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    • June 3, 2021

    The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to an incredibly close conclusion Tuesday 1 June in Cascais, Portugal…

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    • June 3, 2021

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    • June 1, 2021

    A group of cruising sailors stranded by the COVID pandemic in the remote South Atlantic island of St Helena have…

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    • May 31, 2021

    This enticing picture shows the latest Ice Yachts project looking as cool as its name suggests. The Milan yard boasts…

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    • May 28, 2021

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    • May 26, 2021

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    • May 26, 2021

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    • May 25, 2021

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    • May 24, 2021

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    • May 21, 2021

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    • May 18, 2021

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    • May 14, 2021

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