Yachts & Yachting magazine

Andi Robertson YACHTS

It was at approximately one minute and 40 seconds before the start of the first J Class race at the Superyacht Challenge Antigua that Svea and Topaz collided. Unfortunately, as happens these days, very scary footage was posted on social media before the boats had docked

Without any comparison at all it was the scariest crash I have witnessed in over 40 years of watching yacht racing. The fault was unfortunately with port tacker Svea, whose afterguard appeared to lose concentration on what

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