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…
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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,…
Exploring Fiji and the Lau Isles: ‘There are no shops or medical services readily available’
The path through the jungle was hardly discernible and my ankle kept twisting on uneven limestone rubble. Our anchorage was no longer in sight this far inland, and the pleasant…
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…
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…
Faurby 360DS review: Morning maiden sail for a Danish rarity
Cruise for more than a week during a British summer and at some point you’ll run into rain, drizzle, thunder, fog, hail or other tempest. Sitting it out in harbour…
‘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…
3 next-generation trimarans shaking up the market
Smart glass cabins, modular flat-pack builds, twin engines, and structural loads routed directly through the coachroof, the latest generation of performance multihulls is throwing out the traditional rulebook. While trimarans…
Has Cowes Week bounced back for good?
Friday afternoon, 7 August 2026, and the last boats are just tying up in the marinas and floating moorings of Cowes after seven days of full-on, sea breeze and sunshine…
World’s Coolest Boats: The AC40 – ‘You feel like a Formula 1 driver’
“The AC40 is the coolest boat in the world because it’s like a little go-cart, super responsive. You can really rip it around the turns. You feel the Gs, but…
How to extend your summer cruising season in the Med
The eastern Mediterranean is a treasure trove of beautiful cruising grounds, spectacular natural beauty, ancient cities and amazing food. Many sailors would love to linger there for at least a…
No fridge, no shower, no engine: How we sailed around the World on £450 a month
“We made it!” said Christophe, “L’Envol has crossed her own wake, we have just completed a circumnavigation.” I looked around. We were still more than 100 miles from the Brazilian…