There are some key ‘big ticket’ items that any ocean-going or bluewater yacht will rely on. Water, power, connectivity, steering: the things you need to just work to keep the…
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How Alexis Loison won the Solitaire du Figaro after 19 attempts: ‘In solo racing you have to be good at everything’
Most sailors would have simply given up, but Alexis Loison kept coming back. For 19 editions of La Solitaire du Figaro the Normandy skipper Alexis Loison held one dream, and…
Two days, one cat: Beyond the brief test drive with the new Outremer 48
Which yacht would you pick if you could choose any? I’m sure this is a game we all often play, and hopefully your answer wouldn’t automatically be the biggest or…
First 36 SE review: Definitely race-winning material
Piran Bay is the most scenic part of Slovenia’s short coastline. The medieval village that lends its name to this busy stretch of water marks the picturesque entry to a…
Racer, cruisers, professionals and hobbyists: In praise of sailing’s diversity
Weighed down by a steel frame and two panniers of touring equipment and clothing (essentially my sailing kit repurposed), I rode the ‘granny gear’ up and over several famous Pyrenees…
Extraordinary boats: Trimaran Triple Jack – The 1979 yacht that’s reincarnated after Hurricane Irma
Cats have nine lives, they say, but this trimaran has 10. Now moored in Nanny Cay, in the British Virgin Islands, with its blue and red livery and retro bow…
Sailing isn’t dying, but it is moving away from week-long marathons – Matt Sheahan
Classic yachts and some of their regattas are something I keep getting drawn to. It’s never been my bag before, having always been far too interested in performance boats and…
The sailor’s guide to Quadrant Theory and Sea Breezes
Last month we delved into sea breezes, and the basic sea breeze is nicely summed up by the familiar picture (see Figure 1, below) showing an offshore gradient wind above…
5 expert tips: How to maximise time on and off water
Time is always the most precious commodity for any racing sailor, whether part-time or professional. For Odile Lambriex van Aanholt going for another Olympics, life should get more simple the…
The best new yacht debuts at the Cannes Yachting Festival
A trio of semi-custom 80ft fast cruisers is set to headline the international Cannes Yachting Festival in September. Not to be overshadowed, the multihull sector will see nine world premieres,…
How to get the most out of your boat sailing downwind
I’d wager that every sailor’s dream involves some version of downwind sailing. Whether that’s hiking hard on the aft quarter rail sending it in 25 knots, or racking up effortless…
World’s coolest boats: The Sunfish dinghy
“The coolest boat ever would be the Sunfish,” says Van Aanholt. US duo Alex Bryan and Cortlandt Heyniger developed the Sunfish in the 1950s, and with an estimated 300,000-500,000 dinghies…
Expert advice on making the most of a delivery passage
A delivery trip, at its most basic, is simply about getting the boat from Point A to Point B. However, according to Michaela Robinson, offshore delivery trips offer the perfect…
Polynesian Wayfinding: How these sailors navigated the open Pacific with no compass or GPS
From the Cook Islands to New Zealand is some 1,600 miles of open ocean. In November 2025 10 Hawaiian sailors cast off their lines to make the passage. The wind…
We sailed through ‘the world’s most dangerous place to sail’
The message was short: “If I don’t make it, know that I love you.” I pressed send to someone who’d stood by me for many years and placed the phone…
Buying an electric weekender yacht
The concept of range anxiety entered the lexicon with the advent of electric cars a decade or so ago. The debate over whether they could really replace a conventional car…
Understanding and making the most of sea breezes
Sea breezes are the sailor’s saviour on hot, still summer days when the country is sitting under an enormous high pressure system with very little overall pressure gradient. As the…
What can we learn from the late Charlie Dalin? The love of the sea and sailing…
The sailing community around the world came together in mourning in June. The news of solo sailor Charlie Dalin’s death settled thick and heavy, as if moist winds of grief…
‘I visited the Ferrari factory in Maranello to see how their supercar technology is revolutionising sailing’
Give me two wheels any day – I couldn’t care less about cars. At least that’s what I’ve always maintained. But as my wife points out, it only takes the…
From the bonkers to the brilliant: The definitive top 100 coolest boats of all time
How do you define ‘cool’? It’s an unquantifiable quality. What’s cool to one person, might be banal or brash to another. But when it comes to boats, like people, some…