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Online www.yachtingworld.com YouTube Yachting World Facebook @yachtingworld twitter @yachtingworldmagazine For anyone feeling a bit jaded – and frankly, you’d be forgiven if you were right now – I think I’ve found the perfect tonic, and that’s to hea

This image shows the power of the Juan Kouyoumdjian-designed Rambler 88 battering through strong wind and waves during Les Voiles de St Barth in April 2022. Photographer Bertrand Duquenne recalls that the conditions also put a camera into retirement,

Richard Palmer’s JPK 1010 Jangada, which was raced double-handed with two co-skippers during the season, Jeremy Waitt and Yachting World regular boat tester and writer Rupert Holmes, has been named RORC Yacht of the Year 2022. Jangada won the RORC Se

www.twitter.com/yachtingworld www.facebook.com/yachtingworldmagazine In the December 2022 issue we asked: ‘can you prepare for an Atlantic crossing in a year?’ I wholeheartedly endorse the idea that when the timing works (for an ARC and a year away),

The granddaddy of round-the-world record chasers, Sails of Change (aka Spindrift) is back for another tilt at the Jules Verne record. Helen Fretter sails on board with Dona Bertarelli to find out why the challenge is so illusive – and addictive Wheth

The world’s top sailors can be extremely convincing. Talk to the best of the best and in no time at all you find yourself nodding in agreement at explanations of how they handle situations the rest of us simply can’t imagine. Their logic and approach

I recently came across Untold: The Race of the Century, the story of the Australian victory in the 1983 America’s Cup, on Netflix. For me this was a must-watch, not just because it was about sailing, but rather it was a film about the boats and the e

The Baltic is one of the best cruising grounds in Europe, with a myriad of options to choose from. But how can you make the most of this diverse sailing area – and, for non-Schengen passport holders, what can be done in 90 days? Between late June and

They won’t come into a marina very often, but when they do, Pete and Tracey Goss will be doing a lot of talking. They were in Mayflower Marina in Plymouth when I met them, taking on fuel and water, and a steady stream of people stopped as they walked

A butterfly-shaped pocket of paradise nestled in the Caribbean Sea, Guadeloupe is a land of tropical forests punctuated by waterfalls. It’s a stark contrast to the brittle sunshine of northern France in November, where the Route du Rhum fleet tuck th

An astonishing number of new IMOCA 60s are being launched for the next Vendée Globe, with eight splashing last year and more to come, along with an accelerated updating of existing boats. A stark indication of the speed of evolution is that the boat

We’re sailing by the Gulf of Venezuela as we approach the Colombian coastline, a notoriously difficult stretch of water with frequent high winds, big swell and current. This night is no exception. It’s 0100 and Jim and I are both in the cockpit under

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What is it? A genuine multipurpose cruising sail for use both reaching and downwind Who’s it for? Owners of cruising yachts who don’t have space or budget to carry two off-wind sails I’ve long held that it’s best for cruising yachts to have at least

New multihulls in this year’s ARC include two Bali 5.4s, two Outremer 55s and a 4X, Lagoon 450S and 46, Fountaine Pajot Elba 45, two Nautitech 46 Opens, Neel 51, Marsaudon ORC50 and two Excess 15s run by a Swedish charter company HELEN FRETTER ON NEW

WATCH THE VIDEO youtube.com/yachtingworld In this second of a new series on double-handed sailing techniques, Pip explains the skill of inside gybing a spinnaker Double-handed sailing is gaining in popularity across many disciplines – we now regularl

Hull construction is simple, with just four plywood planks each side – one on the bottom, two intermediates, plus vertical hull sides The Ace 30 is a new design intended to bring the scow bow concept, popular among offshore racing machines, to IRC ya

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