There’s something very appealing about going back to basics with a new daysailer

Damning survey finds Bavaria Match 42 yachts unseaworthy after a keel was
lost and a crew member died in Croatia; mystery sinking off Scotland; Quarter
Ton Cup revival; Ellen returns to the Open 60s; a trimmer’s arm is caught
in a winch; and why every crew needs a Wombat

Our latest columnist talks of shoes and ships and sealing wax – among many
more up to the minute issues – as he holds a looking glass to the idiosyncrasies
of the yachting world

The OSTAR is back, full of eccentric Corinthian flavour, as the Original Single-handed
TransAtlantic Race. We meet some of the participants and find out why one
competitor is painting her boat with heat-reactive paint and what you can
do with half a crown

Is the round the world record 70days or 50? The average yachtsman is getting
confused; why coverage of the Global Challenge is a refreshing antidote to
football .heroes’; staple advice on medical matters

Robin is captivated by the Dunkirk Little Ships on the 65th anniversary re-enactment

Automatic radio check, super-slick cleats, fully battened sail adaptors, plus:
.Sailing by numbers’, a special review of Silva’s Sail Performance software,
an integrated system all for free

Visionarry is a proa but unlike any other asymmetric boat you’ve seen before.
Our Tech Ed explains why Rob Denny appears to have designed only half a boat

Steel appeal for long-keeled cruising with the Fairwind 46; Polish trailer-sailer;
have your own S and S boat built; new Friendship

Halcyon days are back. Matthew Sheahan notes the dayboat revival in Europe
and tests two brand new examples, the RS Elite and Tofinou 9.2, against the
old favourites on which they are based

The Rolex Transatlantic Challenge gave superyachts of varying types the opportunity
to have a crack at the record held by Charlie Barr, set back in 1905. The
140ft record-breaker Mari-Cha IV was in the running and David Glenn sailed
aboard her round the IOW

Team Shosholoza burst upon the America.s Cup scene last year in a blaze of
enthusiasm. Mike Kopman went to Cape Town to find out whether the boys from
the Izivunguvungu yacht club will have the expertise or the backing to go
the distance

When Bermudian John Harries first sailed on England.s East Coast it was at
the age of 11 in the company of Peter and Anne Pye. The experience left him
longing to come back some day and so he did in his own boat, and found it
a magical experience

The gorgeous Lulworth is the sole survivor of the big yachts, Britannia among
them, that dominated UK racing in the 1920s. David Glenn visited Italy where
the 120ft sloop is undergoing an impressive refit

New boat for Arctic adventurer; a lucky escape for British family as their
yacht is crushed by a ferry in Greece; after the tsunami . Ed and Helen Muesch
sail on after their terrifying experience

Pulling together – four young naval officers have their boat washed ashore
in the Bahamas in 1933. With no mechanical assistance available, they set
about organising the locals to help get them off

Neal McDonald is to skipper the VOR70 Ericsson; the canting-keeled Big Grin
is launched for Mike Browne and Matthew Sheahan sails the first TransPac 52
to be built in the UK to find out what all the fuss is about

The organisers are expecting over 1,000 boats at this year’s Skandia Cowes
Week. We look at the winds and the tides, talk to experienced race officers
on the Platform and look at how to deal with protests to help you get the
best out of the regatta

Nautor’s Swan Custom division is primed to build yachts up to 165ft and we
hunt for some of the most interesting big boys. toys at the SEAS exhibition
140 Yachts for sale 1,000s of boats in our Brokerage pages

Summer bargains in our classified pages

Torben Grael, Olympic champion and skipper of the Volvo Ocean Race boat Brasil
1, speaks out