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Could a floating shipping container sink your yacht? How real is the danger?
It is the stuff of every sailor’s nightmare – the unseen object, lurking beneath a…
VIDEO: How to win in the bareboat fleet at Antigua Sailing Week
Anyone who thinks that the bareboat fleet at a Caribbean regatta is an easy option…
VIDEO Onboard Sojana: racing a 115ft ketch with an all-star crew in Antigua
Sojana, the 115ft Farr-designed ketch belonging to businessman and philanthropist Sir Peter Harrison, is the…
26 interesting facts about Ben Ainslie (like he drives a Range Rover Sport and loves beef wellington)
He drives an Aston Martin, his favourite meal is beef wellington, he supports Chelsea FC…
Podcast: The secrets behind the race for the fastest America’s Cup foils
At first glance, the America’s Cup teams’ AC50s may look similar, but out of sight…
Tracy Edwards’ Whitbread maxi Maiden returns home for ambitious new project
A moment of history was revisited on the banks of the River Hamble in April…
Clipper Race deaths – the full lessons learnt from official investigation
Andrew Ashman, 49, died during the first leg of the race after being knocked unconscious…
Fourth Volvo Ocean Race entry announced as Vestas return
Vestas, the Danish wind energy company, is returning to the Volvo Ocean Race for 2017/18…
Bright and breezy – a selection of great images from this year’s St Maarten Heineken Regatta
The most well attended of all the Caribbean regattas, the St Maarten Heineken regatta boasts…
Design guru Gino Morelli on the latest multihulls – “We’re like the Wright brothers”
Gino Morelli and Pete Melvin, more commonly known as Morelli & Melvin, are at the…
Sir Russell Coutts talks about New Zealand’s pedal power and the America’s Cup
With less than three months to go until the start of the Louis Vuitton qualifiers…
Dubois Naval Architects Ltd goes into liquidation
Following the death of world-renowned British designer Ed Dubois last year, we are saddened to…
Gunboat 68 – the high octane luxury performance cruiser designed by VPLP
When Gunboat, the US company that created the luxury super-fast carbon catamaran range, went into…
Widow of murdered yachtsman fears her husband’s killers may not face trial
Three years after the death of British yachtsman Roger Pratt in St Lucia following a…
Third team confirmed for Volvo Ocean Race as Mapfre return, plus a new Australia stopover
Mapfre has confirmed their participation in this year’s Volvo Ocean Race, returning after their fourth-placed…
Francis Joyon and IDEC smash Jules Verne crewed round the world record with 26.8 knot average speed
Francis Joyon and his crew of Clément Surtel, Alex Pella, Bernard Stamm, Gwénolé Gahinet and…
Alex Thomson hailed by French for ‘magnificent 2nd’ in Vendée Globe but admits “It was brutal”
Alex Thomson finished the Vendée Globe solo round the world race in the biting cold of…
Dream finish for Armel Le Cléac’h as he conquers Vendée Globe race and pays tribute to rival Alex Thomson
France gained a new hero this afternoon when solo sailor Armel Le Cléac’h crossed the finish line of…
Alex Thomson fighting exhaustion as electronics problems threaten Vendée Globe hopes
British sailor Alex Thomson has a fight on his hands to try to make up…