The long-rumoured America’s Cup TV series has some great talent behind it – but will the arcane world of the ‘Auld Mug’ ever have blockbuster appeal, asks Toby Heppell ?A long-rumoured America’s Cup TV series now looks set to be …
Phil Johnson looks at Starlink for cruising sailors and asks if internet everywhere and remote switching is set to revolutionise the boating worldImagine you’re peacefully anchored in a tight cove on the lee of some remote uninhabited island with zero …
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The close-fought three-way battle for victory among the giant Ultimes in the 2022 Route du Rhum saw a new course record and win for Charles Caudrelier on Maxi Edmond de Rothschild Charles Caudrelier sailing his Ultime trimaran Maxi Edmond de …
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One skipper abandons ship after his IMOCA explodes into flames, another is rescued by a fellow competitor after capsizing, and a third has their trimaran shipwrecked on the Spanish shore – the latest incidents in the Route du Rhum 2022Fabrice …
Pip Hare runs through the most important kit you should consider having in yacht’s medical kit, particularly if you are heading offshore for an extended periodPutting together a ship’s medical kit is a lot like preparing a boat for a …
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The Route du Rhum 2022 continues to be a tough race for the record fleet with a number of problems overnight as a violent storm front hit all fleetsBurton’s Bereau Vallée was previously L’Occitane en Provence, a radical scow-bowed design …
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