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    The world’s biggest yachts – what’s behind the growth of the gigayacht

    • March 14, 2017

    Dwarfing not only any other yacht that happened to be on the River Eider, but…

    Telemedicine for cruisers beyond the reach of an airlift – how a phone call saved one sailor’s life

    • February 22, 2017

    Anchored in a remote lagoon in the Solomon Islands last year, Tom Partridge and his…

    Superyacht Adele

    What is life cruising on a superyacht really like? To the Antarctic on Adele

    • February 15, 2017

    David Glenn finds out what it's really like cruising on a superyacht

    Oyster 625

    What is behind the surge in new 60ft plus yacht designs and can you sail one safely without pro crew?

    • January 13, 2017

    Looking along the row of new yachts berthed stern-to at Cannes Boat Show in September,…

    Why don’t more women hold professional sail qualifications?

    • December 5, 2016

    There has been a highly publicised drive to increase the female participation in competitive sailing…

    Why yacht designers see a major role for toughened glass in new structures

    • November 23, 2016

    It was once virtually a given that the bigger and more elaborate the superyacht, the…

    Disaster relief by yacht – how cruisers around the world are doing their bit

    • August 9, 2016

    Gusting up to 190mph, Cyclone Winston was the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded reaching land…

    A challenge, not a spectacle: onboard the RC44s

    • July 15, 2016

    The RC44 class is in the UK for the first time this weekend. Helen Fretter…

    36ft Zest is hit by a ‘14m’ rogue wave and dismasted off Spain. Skipper’s story

    • July 7, 2016

    You know when you’ve been hit by a rogue wave. The energy within it is…

    Blog: Pip Hare and her all-woman team win Leg 3 of the Three Peaks Yacht Race

    • June 20, 2016

    At 1049 on Wednesday morning Jo and Lowri ran over the finish line and straight…

    Ed Dubois, one of the best-known yacht designers of modern times.

    Obituary: Ed Dubois 1952-2016

    • April 6, 2016

    Few yacht designers were as influential as Ed Dubois, who died in March at the…

    Millbrook – home of the British multihull is up a creek in Cornwall

    • March 16, 2016

    The estuaries and rivers that probe into the green hills of Devon and Cornwall’s south…

    Alex Thomson's 2006 Hugo Boss

    Great Seamanship: dramatic account by Mike Golding of rescuing Alex Thomson in the Southern Ocean

    • February 22, 2016

    Mike Golding OBE, ex-firefighter and twice winner of the IMOCA (Open 60) World Championship against…

    Silver Rudder race – the solo challenge for Danish Ironmen

    • December 7, 2015

    ‘If you want to feel real bliss, you have to experience real pain as well,’…

    The foiling phenomenon – how sailing boats got up on foils to go ever-faster

    • July 20, 2015

    Here’s a challenge. Design a way to support the weight of five saloon cars on…

    Is everybody ready for the thrill of foiling? Maybe not all of us

    • July 7, 2015

    As the back end of the 200bhp rear wheel drive Toyota GT86 snapped out and…

    Cheating at yacht racing – how honest a sailor are you?

    • June 22, 2015

    In football a dive in the penalty area in search of an easy goal is…

    Inside the Royal Yacht Squadron – we get a rare view of this most exclusive club

    • May 18, 2015

    Flags flutter from the ramparts, race officers look down from the imposing starting platform, and…

    Rudder failure in the Med: how Ross Applebey made it to safety and fashioned a replacement

    • March 9, 2015

    Losing a rudder is a big issue, but in bad weather it can quickly become…

    A day with the Falmouth Coastguard, Britain’s busiest maritime rescue centre

    • February 18, 2015

    On a headland outside the town Falmouth Coastguard station looks out to sea like a…

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