March 2023

Sailing Today

Sailing Today is the magazine for hands on cruising sailors

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Sailing Today
EDITORIAL EDITOR Sam Jefferson 020 3943 9261 sam.jefferson@chelseamagazines.com GROUP EDITOR Rob Peake ART & PRODUCTION EDITOR Gareth Lloyd Jones WRITER AND SUB EDITOR Sue Pelling PUBLISHING CONSULTANT Martin Nott PUBLISHER Simon Temlett
Sailing Today2 min read
Skipper’s View
ONE FEATURE IN this issue that made me smile wryly was the adventures of Benedict Pignatelli recounted on p24. This narrates Benedict's first ever offshore cruise delivering a yacht from Dundee down to Portsmouth. It sounds like he took the trip very
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Rumble Down Under
The Sydney Hobart race is a contest jam packed with dramatic moments as a huge fleet heads out into the wild Southern Ocean in search of glory. This year a 100 plus strong fleet headed out across the Bass Strait and the drama of the start is captured
Sailing Today10 min read
Ebb And Flow
After months of rumours, a French team entered the 2024 America’s Cup led by Bruno Dubois and Stephane Kandler. The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup officially welcomed the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative K-Challenge Rac
Sailing Today3 min read
Q&A
Is the Crewsaver brand a priority for your parent company Survitec? It sure is! Crewsaver is Survitec’s leading lifejacket brand. If you’re not familiar with Survitec, it’s a global survival technology solutions provider, whose purpose is to protect
Sailing Today3 min read
New Boats
Neo Yachts is an Italian company that has made its name by designing very sporty cruiser/racers. The 515 certainly fits into that template and is a yacht that has been designed by Ceccarelli Yacht Design to serve both as an extremely fast cruiser and
Sailing Today9 min read
An Aegean Spring Cruise
It had been a frantic few days. Beduin, my partner Aleko’s Nicholson 32, had been out of the water for the first time in six years but Aleko had been busy all winter. So there was a last minute rush to get the essential jobs done, most importantly fi
Sailing Today8 min read
Maiden Voyage
Last week, I found myself on a 12-hour night bus to Dundee, wondering about my life choices. Sitting at my desk at my stuffy office job in Trafalgar Square earlier that day, I had received a message from a friend who needed a crew to sail his yacht f
Sailing Today3 min read
Paul Heiney
I read that a publicity campaign has been launched by UK Border Force to persuade the general public, and those who work in the marine industry, to report anything suspicious they might spot around our coastline. The aims are noble; it’s all about ta
Sailing Today4 min read
Andy Rice
Doing the live commentary on board a VIP guest boat, I watched six VO65s and five foiling IMOCAs depart Alicante, Spain, as the fleet set out on the 32,000 nautical miles of The Ocean Race. How this event has changed over the past 50 years since the
Sailing Today8 min read
Start Of Something Big
Since it was announced five years ago, the introduction of the IMOCA 60 has created a pivotal point in The Ocean Race’s 50 year history. With it have come major changes that made for an atmosphere of high anticipation among the teams and fans gathere
Sailing Today7 min read
Equilibrium Achieved
There was a time when, if you were searching for a cruising catamaran, your choices might end up being a bit limited -this is certainly not the case any more. Cruising multihulls are the fastest growing sector of the boatbuilding industry and the res
Sailing Today6 min read
Tom Cunliffe
I don’t know how you feel about having a yacht delivered across an ocean by ship. I always considered it a bit of a cop-out until a decade or so ago when an unexpected hand of cards led me to a different point of view. In fact, shipping can sometimes
Sailing Today9 min read
Into The Wild
Are you one of the two crazy guys who intend to sail to Greenland on a dinghy?” The man smiles at me with more curiosity than mockery. We are in the hangar of Hafnarfjordur sailing club, on the outskirts of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital. In my mountai
Sailing Today14 min read
Dinghy & Watersports Show
The RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show, presented by Suzuki, takes place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre over the weekend of 25-26 February. The 2022 event was the first at Farnborough and was widely hailed as a great success, giving the
Sailing Today8 min read
Ensure You’re Insured
nother year of climate extremes has done nothing to reduce the cost of insuring your boat. That and the rocketing cost of raw materials and labour are pushing up premiums this year. But the main story for insurers was a surge of eager sailors returni
Sailing Today4 min read
Greeced Lightning
The short haul charter flights and package holiday revolution back in the 1970s led to the introduction of flotilla sailing holidays in the Greek islands and, by the 1990s companies like Barrie and Heidi Neilson’s Sailing Holidays was, and still is,
Sailing Today2 min read
Launched
Marine Components International (MCI) has been appointed UK distributor for Revolve-Tec. In essence this is a lightweight carbonfibre plank that can be rolled up or flung out into shape, in a similar action to that of a child’s roll-up bracelet. The
Sailing Today3 min read
SBS BoatLife
There are just two weeks to go, as this issue of the magazine goes on sale, before the doors open to the second SBS BoatLife show, running from 16-19 February at NEC Birmingham. Sailing exhibitors include RS Sailing, Hartley Boats, Drascombe, Rooster
Sailing Today2 min read
Three Of The Best
The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45 DS was hugely successful, combining a capable Philippe Briand hull with a stylish deck saloon design offering a class-leading interior with excellent headroom and natural light, ideal for comfortable cruising and longer pe
Sailing Today9 min read
Blue Oyster Cult
Most manufacturers don’t like you ‘helping’ delivery crew move its boats between various boat shows – I would assume that this is because a) journalists are a thundering pain who ask too many questions, and b) an extended trip gives said journalist m
Sailing Today5 min read
Noss On Dart Marina And Boatyard 50.3668°n 3.5755°w
Noss on Dart Marina and Boatyard, owned by Premier Marinas, offers an ideal southwest retreat in which to base a yacht. With easy transport links to and from Dartmouth, this safe and secure Premier environment is a popular permanent solution for thos
Sailing Today4 min read
A Lesson Learnt
I have solo sailed quite a bit but my wife, Christina, is not so keen on allowing me to go off alone because, first, she always wants to be where the action is and second, she thinks there are women out there hunting an old boy with a good pension. B
Sailing Today2 min read
Ready To Slip
It is generally a good idea to leave a berth with everyone on board – sometimes if conditions are right it makes perfect sense just to give a good shove and hop on, but for the rest of the time we need to rig slip lines that can be controlled and rel
Sailing Today5 min read
Transatlantic Adventures
Two hundred and twenty-nine boats carrying more than a thousand sailors crossed the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Eastern Caribbean in two of World Cruising Club’s 2022 yacht rallies. Start day for the 91-strong ARC+ fleet, sailing to Port
Sailing Today3 min read
Jess Lloyd-Mostyn
When asked why it is that we are still sailing, now in our 12th year of what was meant to be only a two year trip, I often say “it’s so fulfilling”. By which I mean that our way of life is one of constant learning and stimulation. And probably the si
Sailing Today5 min read
The Long Tack
Having watched Holcim PRB sail from first to last in one short beat in the Ocean Race last month we came to two key conclusions: IMOCA’s are not optimised for short-course racing, and “take the long tack first”-the first strategic rule of thumb that
Sailing Today10 min read
Ebb And Flow
After months of rumours, a French team entered the 2024 America’s Cup led by Bruno Dubois and Stephane Kandler. The organisers of the 37th America’s Cup officially welcomed the Société Nautique de Saint-Tropez and their representative K-Challenge Rac
Sailing Today3 min read
Q&A
Is the Crewsaver brand a priority for your parent company Survitec? It sure is! Crewsaver is Survitec’s leading lifejacket brand. If you’re not familiar with Survitec, it’s a global survival technology solutions provider, whose purpose is to protect
Sailing Today3 min read
New Boats
Neo Yachts is an Italian company that has made its name by designing very sporty cruiser/racers. The 515 certainly fits into that template and is a yacht that has been designed by Ceccarelli Yacht Design to serve both as an extremely fast cruiser and
Sailing Today9 min read
An Aegean Spring Cruise
It had been a frantic few days. Beduin, my partner Aleko’s Nicholson 32, had been out of the water for the first time in six years but Aleko had been busy all winter. So there was a last minute rush to get the essential jobs done, most importantly fi
Sailing Today8 min read
Maiden Voyage
Last week, I found myself on a 12-hour night bus to Dundee, wondering about my life choices. Sitting at my desk at my stuffy office job in Trafalgar Square earlier that day, I had received a message from a friend who needed a crew to sail his yacht f
Sailing Today3 min read
Paul Heiney
I read that a publicity campaign has been launched by UK Border Force to persuade the general public, and those who work in the marine industry, to report anything suspicious they might spot around our coastline. The aims are noble; it’s all about ta
Sailing Today4 min read
Andy Rice
Doing the live commentary on board a VIP guest boat, I watched six VO65s and five foiling IMOCAs depart Alicante, Spain, as the fleet set out on the 32,000 nautical miles of The Ocean Race. How this event has changed over the past 50 years since the
Sailing Today8 min read
Start Of Something Big
Since it was announced five years ago, the introduction of the IMOCA 60 has created a pivotal point in The Ocean Race’s 50 year history. With it have come major changes that made for an atmosphere of high anticipation among the teams and fans gathere
Sailing Today6 min read
Tom Cunliffe
I don’t know how you feel about having a yacht delivered across an ocean by ship. I always considered it a bit of a cop-out until a decade or so ago when an unexpected hand of cards led me to a different point of view. In fact, shipping can sometimes
Sailing Today9 min read
Into The Wild
Are you one of the two crazy guys who intend to sail to Greenland on a dinghy?” The man smiles at me with more curiosity than mockery. We are in the hangar of Hafnarfjordur sailing club, on the outskirts of Reykjavik, Iceland’s capital. In my mountai
Sailing Today14 min read
Dinghy & Watersports Show
The RYA Dinghy and Watersports Show, presented by Suzuki, takes place at Farnborough International Exhibition Centre over the weekend of 25-26 February. The 2022 event was the first at Farnborough and was widely hailed as a great success, giving the
Sailing Today4 min read
Greeced Lightning
The short haul charter flights and package holiday revolution back in the 1970s led to the introduction of flotilla sailing holidays in the Greek islands and, by the 1990s companies like Barrie and Heidi Neilson’s Sailing Holidays was, and still is,
Sailing Today8 min read
Ensure You’re Insured
nother year of climate extremes has done nothing to reduce the cost of insuring your boat. That and the rocketing cost of raw materials and labour are pushing up premiums this year. But the main story for insurers was a surge of eager sailors returni
Sailing Today2 min read
Launched
Marine Components International (MCI) has been appointed UK distributor for Revolve-Tec. In essence this is a lightweight carbonfibre plank that can be rolled up or flung out into shape, in a similar action to that of a child’s roll-up bracelet. The
Sailing Today5 min read
Noss On Dart Marina And Boatyard 50.3668°n 3.5755°w
Noss on Dart Marina and Boatyard, owned by Premier Marinas, offers an ideal southwest retreat in which to base a yacht. With easy transport links to and from Dartmouth, this safe and secure Premier environment is a popular permanent solution for thos
Sailing Today3 min read
SBS BoatLife
There are just two weeks to go, as this issue of the magazine goes on sale, before the doors open to the second SBS BoatLife show, running from 16-19 February at NEC Birmingham. Sailing exhibitors include RS Sailing, Hartley Boats, Drascombe, Rooster
Sailing Today9 min read
Blue Oyster Cult
Most manufacturers don’t like you ‘helping’ delivery crew move its boats between various boat shows – I would assume that this is because a) journalists are a thundering pain who ask too many questions, and b) an extended trip gives said journalist m
Sailing Today4 min read
A Lesson Learnt
I have solo sailed quite a bit but my wife, Christina, is not so keen on allowing me to go off alone because, first, she always wants to be where the action is and second, she thinks there are women out there hunting an old boy with a good pension. B
Sailing Today5 min read
The Long Tack
Having watched Holcim PRB sail from first to last in one short beat in the Ocean Race last month we came to two key conclusions: IMOCA’s are not optimised for short-course racing, and “take the long tack first”-the first strategic rule of thumb that
Sailing Today2 min read
Ready To Slip
It is generally a good idea to leave a berth with everyone on board – sometimes if conditions are right it makes perfect sense just to give a good shove and hop on, but for the rest of the time we need to rig slip lines that can be controlled and rel
Sailing Today5 min read
Transatlantic Adventures
Two hundred and twenty-nine boats carrying more than a thousand sailors crossed the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to the Eastern Caribbean in two of World Cruising Club’s 2022 yacht rallies. Start day for the 91-strong ARC+ fleet, sailing to Port
Sailing Today3 min read
Jess Lloyd-Mostyn
When asked why it is that we are still sailing, now in our 12th year of what was meant to be only a two year trip, I often say “it’s so fulfilling”. By which I mean that our way of life is one of constant learning and stimulation. And probably the si
Sailing Today7 min read
Equilibrium Achieved
There was a time when, if you were searching for a cruising catamaran, your choices might end up being a bit limited -this is certainly not the case any more. Cruising multihulls are the fastest growing sector of the boatbuilding industry and the res
Sailing Today2 min read
Skipper’s View
ONE FEATURE IN this issue that made me smile wryly was the adventures of Benedict Pignatelli recounted on p24. This narrates Benedict's first ever offshore cruise delivering a yacht from Dundee down to Portsmouth. It sounds like he took the trip very

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