Yachting World

Surprise appearances by marine life are one of the great joys of sailing away from shore: a pod of porpoises playing in your bow wave is guaranteed to lift the mood of even the most jaded crew. It’s also humbling, a reminder that we are brief visitor

Tearing it up! You’d want to be holding on tight all the way up there on the rail, but what a thrill for the crew conducting speed trials on Thomas Ruyant’s Verdier-designed IMOCA 60 LinkedOut. This was taken during the Le Defi Azimut event in Septem

The crew of Agape swim with blacktip sharks off their 42ft Tayana as they ride out a three-month lockdown in a remote atoll in the Tuamotus. Rachel Moore reported that the sharks learned to follow them whenever they went spear fishing to bolster thei

New Zealand and Australia have rejected pleas from cruisers seeking refuge from Pacific cyclones. In a formal reply to the Ocean Cruising Club in mid-September, both countries refused to lift a ban on foreign ships other than cargo or fishing vessels

An unexplained spate of apparent attacks on yachts by killer whales off the coast of Spain has caused serious damage to several boats. The latest yacht to be damaged was a Hallberg-Rassy 36, which was en route to the UK from Spain and being sailed by

Spot the windsurfer! Malcolm McKeon and Royal Huisman have partnered to propose a sensational super sloop, dubbed Apex 850. At 85m/279ft long and with a 107m/351ft mast, this would, if commissioned, be the largest sloop ever built. The design, naval

During a season of event cancellations, the 11th hour news that two boat shows scheduled to take place in Southampton in early September could not go ahead arguably proved the most frustrating for exhibitors and organisers. BOATS2020 and the more sai

This 80ft Juan K-designed red missile is the latest in Nautor’s Swan’s burgeoning ClubSwan one-design range, and plugs the gap between its popular CS50, the foil-assisted CS36 and the spectacular CS125 currently in build. Another ambitious and innova

When the First International Rule came into force in 1907, nine classes were created for boats rating between 5 Metres and 23 Metres. Only three of the largest class were ever built and none survive today, writes Nigel Sharp. With upwind sail areas n

Armel Le Cléac’h has won the La Solitaire du Figaro for the third time. He was declared winner on 19 September when the fourth and final stage of the solo offshore race was cancelled due to a lack of wind. Le Cléac’h joins an illustrious list of trip

Skip Novak’s article on the South Sandwich Islands in Yachting World’s June 2020 issue is one of the first articles I have ever seen [on the islands]. But I did want him to know that there have been more of us to get to the South Sandwich Islands tha

Two foiling maxi trimarans are lining up for a tilt at the Jules Verne Trophy this winter. Their target? An unreal sub-40 days around the world time. We look at what it takes to challenge for this most enduring of records. Tom Cunliffe swops mile-bas

As a boy, Darroch Tait always had his head in a book. He was fascinated by adventures and the discovery of new lands. In his early 30s he decided to quit his job as a teacher, buy a boat with his best friend and go sailing for a few years. He set off

How many times have you heard, or said: “You never know when you might need…?” It’s true that when cruising on the far side of the world, with few or no marine services to hand, self sufficiency is key. You need spare parts galore, a full range of to

Can he win it? Second in the last edition, third in the one before that, Britain’s best hope of a Vendée victory for many moons rests on the flamboyant Thomson and his newest Hugo Boss This Vendée Globe campaign, his fifth, has been a little differen

The Vendée Globe is the longest continuous racecourse in sport. Like some of the world’s great marathons, it offers something very rare: the opportunity for competitors from a wide range of backgrounds to race one another. The Vendée Globe has a prou

The dense silence is broken only by the sound of snowflakes landing on my protective clothing, as my eyes struggle to adjust to the landscape that surrounds me. It is so beautiful, so diverse, and so beyond anything that I have ever previously seen.

It’s noon on Sunday, 23 August, and just another day in the life of our small crew sailing across the Pacific. The Atlantic 46 catamaran One Tree Island is making a steady 6-7 knots, heading south-southwest under a reefed mainsail and genoa, both wel

Tested by DAVID HARDING Where we tested: The Solent. Wind: 12-20 knots with slight chop. Model: Moody 41DS, hull No12, with extras including electric in-mast reefing and genoa on outer forestay. Whatever your opinion of decksaloons, there’s something

For most of us, cooking with gas has been so much the norm both ashore and afloat that it’s easy to forget the march of technology has the potential to offer better alternatives. Induction hobs have yet to be routinely adopted in the sailing world, b

A practical tender can be a very rewarding purchase. And while modern davits and tender garages may make for convenient ways to ship tenders aboard, keeping as much weight out of the ends of a yacht as possible remains prudent. This new carbon ASTend

Self-sufficiency is a goal of many liveaboard cruisers who sail the world’s oceans, generating their own water and power. With limited space and the obvious challenges of salt, wind and motion, many would never entertain the idea of growing their own

LOA 18.28m 60ft 0in • HULL LENGTH 17.41m 57ft 1in • BEAM 5.20m 17ft 1in DRAUGHT (standard keel) 2.55m 8ft 4in • BASE PRICE TBA • www.jeanneau.com Jeanneau’s current range of large yachts has attracted much acclaim since the Jeanneau Yachts 57 was lau

Paja is a 30ft carbon daysailer designed by Paolo Bua for famously innovative owner Jack Setton The appeal of many slim hulled designs lies in their traditional charm, but building an ultra-modern, super-skinny dayboat in 2020 is something else entir

Just a few minutes of sailing in dense fog takes most sailors well out of their comfort zones: it’s disorientating and, quite frankly, scary for many. Here are some tips on how to prepare for, and deal with, a ‘pea soup’: At sea, fog can be summed up

HENRY BOMBY has raced a lot of miles through the night. He talks to ANDY RICE about how to keep your boat speed up after dark It’s when you find yourself caught out in 50 knots with the big kite up on a single-handed Figaro yacht as you’re trying to

“I’d been intrigued by short-handed sailing since the early days of the BOC Challenge and was blown away by the wide beam Finot-Conq designs that began to push the parameters of form stability. “I was in Newport the day the Finot-Conq Open 50 Cray Va