When my toes get cold, I know the wind has piped up. The dorade over the foot of our bed only seems to move air when it’s blowing over 20…
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America’s Cup: Ainslie goes all-in with Mercedes F1
Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup Challenge – now INEOS Britannia, formerly INEOS Team UK – launched the first stage of its tilt at the 37th America’s Cup today. INEOS Britannia revealed…
The Ocean Race: What’s it like on a fully crewed IMOCA 60?
How much faster could an IMOCA 60 go if it were really pressed? Not in bursts, not for brief peak speeds, but at a sustained average pace over days or…
Cape Town to the Azores: The end of an 8-year voyage
“That’s it,” Wietze says, “Not an ounce more of anything is added to the boat. No food, no fuel and no water.” I pause, because I had just grabbed my…
America’s Cup venue decision delayed: where’s in the frame?
The much anticipated announcement of venue for the 37th America’s Cup, due to be unveiled today (Friday, September 17), has been postponed. In a statement made Thursday evening, Cup holders…
America’s Cup: Youth, Women’s and Word Series class announced
While we await the full protocol for the 37th America’s Cup, which should contain details of the venue and date of the regatta due on 17th November 2021, the Defender,…
First look: Baltic Café Racer
Baltic Yachts has been responsible for some of the world’s most iconic yachts of the past five years, including the 142ft Canova, which is fitted with DSS foils, the 175ft…
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing: Brits to the fore on day four
Enoshima is famous, notorious even, for its big wave action, and that’s what the sailors got on day four of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing Competition. Eight out of ten…
Olympic sailing: Struggles for the big names on day one
After two weeks of training in steady onshore breezes, it was all change for the opening day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Sailing. On the Enoshima course, close to the…
How to get offshore race ready: Dee Caffari offers her advice
Dee Caffari believes that getting ready for a big offshore race is a constant process. “It’s all about the preparation and I split my five top tips into three areas;…
Extraordinary boats: Andrillot, the original ‘Vertue’ design
German boatbuilder Uli Killer was looking for a boat to sail while he was working on a big restoration project when he spotted Andrillot, a 25ft wooden cutter for sale…
Canova – The foiling superyacht designed for comfort
Were you to somehow be teleported into foiling superyacht, Canova’s palatial master cabin while under way – and let’s face it, many of us would like a sudden change of…
Jimmy Cornell: Why aluminium centreboarders are ideal for serious explorers
Both Aventura III, an Ovni 43, and Aventura IV, a Garcia Exploration 45, were aluminium centreboarders. Having clocked some 100,000 miles with them, including passages to Antarctica and the North…
From the Yachting World archives: The demise of the mighty 23 Metre racing cutters
With upwind sail areas not much short of 10,000ft2, these mighty 23 Metre gaff-rigged racing cutters were raced hard and fast at regattas around the British Isles and occasionally on…
100ft supermaxi Comanche looks set to confirm a new monohull 24 hour distance record
The new world sailing speed record for the greatest distance covered by a monohull in a single 24 hour period is now 620nm (subject to ratification by the World Speed Sailing…
Launched: the fastest monohull ever?
A 100-footer built for no other purpose than record breaking has been launched in the US. Wow!
Monohull record falls
Records are broken at the 2011 Rolex Fastnet Race
Abu Dhabi Breaks Fastnet Monohull record
Ian Walker’s new Volvo 70 is first monohull to finish and sets new record
Multi-faceted monohull
What you get when multihull and monohull designers collaborate
Monohull transat record falls
Swiss Open 60 sailor Bernard Stamm breaks Mari Cha III's record