As soon as I opened the companionway I knew we had up too much sail.…
Voyages
Sailing to Jan Mayen: An extract from So Far, So Good by Paddy Barry
I first met Paddy Barry in the late 80s at a Breton traditional boat festival.…
North East Passage ice rescue: Extract from Northabout by Jarlath Cunnane
Jarlath Cunnane’s book Northabout is a must for anyone dreaming of ice navigation or who…
Family sailing to Hawaii in a 34ft classic boat: Vixen’s great Pacific voyage
In September 2004, Bruce Halabisky and Tiffany Loney sailed from Victoria BC bound for Hilo,…
Exumas to New York in a 33ft boat: Dick Carter’s extraordinary east coast voyage
In 1965 a young American designer, Dick Carter, met up with Bernard Hayman of Yachting…
Voyage of Integrity: Sailing to Jan Mayen island on a modern classic cutter
“Please could you come up on deck,” accompanied the gentle nudge that breached the cocoon…
Sailing the North West Passage: An extract from Graeme Kendall’s To the Ice and Beyond
Every so often, a book appears that blows preconceptions clean out of the porthole. To…
Sailing Greenland: An ice-bound voyage through Prince Christian Sound
“Can you see a way through?” Perched on the spreaders, binoculars in hand, Magnus shook…
Solo overboard: An extract from Miles Hordern’s Sailing The Pacific
Back in the early 1990s, a young man called Miles Hordern sailed his 28ft Kim…
The inside story of Greta Thunberg’s upwind Atlantic crossing on La Vagabonde
The sky flashed a blinding white light and a spark came down just a few…
The adventures of Infinity: Sailing to Antarctica on a 120ft handmade ketch
“When I say ‘Jump!’ y’all say ‘How high?’. If y’all don’t want to say ‘How…
Pete Goss transatlantic: Vendee Globe racer embraces life in the slow lane
Out of the blackness a breaking crest makes itself known with an alien glow of…
Sailing Antarctica: Record-breaking voyage around the southern continent
Many believe number seven to be lucky. The seventh day of February proved to be…
Sailing South Georgia: The inside story of Skip Novak’s 2018 expedition
We were eight days out from the south coast of South Georgia and once again…
Sailing around Cape Horn on the world’s largest ketch Aquijo
When asked to help guide the 86m/282ft ketch Aquijo for a cruise in Tierra del…
Back to basics: Offshore sailing by celestial navigation alone
I have tattoos of a rooster and a pig on my feet. They’re meant to…
Unfinished business: Sailing back across the Atlantic in a 22ft sloop
This is part two of Max Campbell’s account of sailing solo across the Atlantic –…
Life-changing voyage: Sailing solo across the Atlantic in a 22ft sloop
On a cloudy midsummer afternoon, my best friend, Harry Scott, and I waved goodbye to…
Sailing to high latitudes: Everything you need to know before you set sail
Specialist high latitude yachts invariably have metal hulls and are very solidly built with large…
Lines to Hawaii: a dream cruise chasing the Pacific surf from Tahiti to Honolulu
I could only laugh. Travis Rice, world-famous snowboarding pioneer, had just jumped into the Pacific…