Tech Editor Fox Morgan has many years of experience piloting around tricky estuaries and coastlines. Good binoculars are an essential bit of kit. Here’s 11 of the best marine binoculars worth considering. Whether for identifying a tricky harbour entrance, taking …
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Trinity is a custom 45ft performance trimaran designed by Reichel/Pugh to be fully adaptive and wheelchair accessibleCalifornian sailor Terri Nelson likes nice things. One of her pet peeves, she tells me from her home in San Diego, is that even …
An Antarctic adventure sees Joe Phelan trapped inside a volcanic caldera with 50-knot winds howling. Tom Cunliffe introduces this extract from Sailing to AntarticaJoe Phelan is one of Ireland’s great sailors. With his wife and equal partner Trish he has …
A year cruising Indonesia is a chance to explore deserted islands and unforgettable underwater life for Catherine Lawson The night is almost over when we motor our dinghy across Namatote Strait, drawn by the glinting fluorescent bulbs of a dozen …
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Olympian, America’s Cup winner, and founder of PredictWind, Jon Bilger, explains how to find the right weather window for cruising sailorsReefed down in the windy conditions. Photo: Richard Langdon/Ocean Images How do you pick the right departure date? One of …
Want to understand better how to manoeuvre a yacht under power? Yachtmaster Instructor, Rachael Sprot walks through her most important rules for handling under power When handling under power is done well, it’s like a black art. It wasn’t until …
