Ovni is another French yard that builds rugged shoal draught aluminium boats. It has recently focussed on larger models, but this Ovni 370 brings much of the thinking behind the…
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Scandinavia to the Big Apple: lessons learnt from a cruising couple’s adventure
Carsten and Vinni Breuning are a modern cruising couple. Like many who make the leap – and the many more who aspire to – they went to sea in retirement…
The rise and rise of double-handed racing
If ever the stars aligned to see a sport’s popularity grow exponentially, they did so for the recent story of double-handed racing offshore. Societal changes, a brief hint of a…
How to make a living on your yacht
In late 2018 my wife, Roxy, and I took a few suitcases of belongings and moved aboard our 47ft Cheoy Lee monohull to start the cruise of a lifetime. So…
Pelagic 77: onboard one of the world’s most extreme sailing machines
The latest and largest Pelagic design, Pelagic 77, the 77ft Vinson of Antarctica, created in collaboration with legendary adventurer and expedition sailor Skip Novak, has hit the water after years…
Racing 695 miles double-handed: Fastnet contest goes to the line
The Fastnet double-handed fleet made up a whopping 89 boats in this year’s race, almost a quarter of the fleet, and produced one of the closest finishes of the race…
British JPK 1180 Sunrise is Rolex Fastnet Race overall winner
The overall 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race winner is Thomas Kneen’s JPK 1180 Sunrise, who takes the IRC overall trophy. Sunrise finished the 695-mile course into Cherbourg today after building a huge lead in…
Caribbean warmth: Cruising the Grenadines in a restored Swan 37
We glide down the eastern side of El Hierro and leap into the vastness of the ocean as we begin our Atlantic crossing. The island shrinks behind us as the…
Seconds separate double-handed IMOCA Fastnet fleet after 695 miles
After three days of racing over 695 miles, less than 30 seconds decided the podium finishers in the double-handed IMOCA fleet of the Rolex Fastnet Race. The class winner was…
First look: X43 – second generation
Mark 2 versions of a good yacht are often a lot better than the original, with many small changes that improve ergonomics and collectively make life on board easier and…
Giant 140ft ClubSwan 125 Skorpios is first monohull in Fastnet
The monolithic Skorpios, the largest yacht ever to take part in the Rolex Fastnet Race at 42.6m/140ft (including bowsprit!), has taken monohull line honours in the 2021 edition. The ClubSwan…
First look: Oceanbel 128 explorer
The man behind this new Finnish brand set up Nautor’s Swan in the 1960s and then built 41m luxury monohulls in Thailand as Concorde Marine. Now Pekka Koskenkylä has teamed…
Maxi Edmond de Rothschild takes line honours in Rolex Fastnet Race
While the smaller monohulls faced a battle of attrition in the first 24 hours of the Rolex Fastnet Race, the crew of the 100ft trimaran Maxi Edmond de Rothschild have made…
Extraordinary boats: TF35 semi-automated foiler
In recent America’s Cups we have seen a small army of grinders pumping away to bring pressure to their flying yacht’s hydraulic lifeblood, while flight controllers attempt to keep up…
Tough first night for Rolex Fastnet Race with favourites among early retirements
White-capped waves, a building swell, and gusty breezes saw the world’s biggest offshore yacht race, the Rolex Fastnet Race, start this morning from Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, in…
All-star line-up: boats to follow in the 2021 Rolex Fastnet Race
It’s hard to imagine a more diverse and intriguing fleet line up than this year’s Rolex Fastnet Race entries, making it hard to pick out which Fastnet boats to follow. The…
World ARC postponed as cruising rally organisers face dilemma
World Cruising Club, organisers of the annual Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) and the round the world World Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, have cancelled the start of the 2022 World ARC rally…
Last minute travel rule change means Fastnet competitors can now enter Cowes and Cherbourg
With last night’s announcement by the British government that restrictions would be eased for visitors from France returning to the UK, competitors in the Rolex Fastnet Race now have increased…
World’s coolest yachts: S&S 34
The most innovative all-time classic is the S&S 34. As a class they appeared in 1967, a year before the first Golden Globe Race, and Ted Heath [then leader of…
Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre on their stunning gold
The Medal Race should have been straightforward for Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre. Having sailed a really solid qualifying series in the 470 Women’s event, the British duo carried a…