The world’s largest sailing yacht, Sailing Yacht A, has been seized by Italian authorities after its Russian owner was placed on a sanctions list Italian authorities have seized the largest sail-assisted superyacht ever built, the 143m (470ft) Sailing Yacht A, Italian …
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Will Bruton looks at the pros and cons of buying an ex-charter yacht, and speaks to a number brokers to let you know what to look forYacht charter companies increasingly own new yachts for only a few years, selling off …
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Phil Sampson and Roger Hughes take a look at 12 of the best sailing watches available with functions for racing and cruising sailorsPhoto: GarminJust as tablets and even smartphones have revolutionised how sailors use multifunction displays and instruments, so the …
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Sir Ernest Shackleton’s wrecked ship the Endurance, one of the most famous explorer vessels ever, has been discovered in the Weddell Sea 107 years after it sankThe Endurance was shipwrecked in 1915 on an expedition to the Antarctic after it …
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We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Dutch racer Bouwe Bekking nominates The Snipe dinghy. “I would take a complete crazy thing: a Snipe. I think it’s an …
Tom Cunliffe introduces and extract from Taken by the Wind – Memoirs of a 1970s pacific voyage, which reveals a time when sailors had to rely on their own pilotage skills for safe passageMike Jacker is a retired orthopaedic surgeon …
