We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. Magnus Rassy nominates Rassker“In 1983, at 16 years old, I dreamed of building my own keelboat. An IOR Half Tonner was …
The DAME Design Award-nominated KF Eco Concept furlers replace aluminium components with sustainable linen, reports DAME jury member Elaine BuntingFrench company Karver Systems produces some of the best designed and engineered furlers, halyard locks, blocks and sheaves on the market. …
Foiling is leading innovation in many areas – the DAME Design Award-nominated Exocet Gold flight controller provides the brainpower to keep a foiling yachting flight, reports DAME jury member Elaine Bunting Inside the Exocet Gold flight controller, a modest but …
Faced with the prospect of losing out on an Olympic Gold Medal, Anne-Marie Rindom had to dig deep to stay calm under pressure and move on from mistakes. She explains how to Andy Rice.After sailing a brilliant qualifying series during …
2021 DAME Design Award winner Garmin Surround View should help make berthing easier, explains DAME jury member Elaine BuntingGarmin Surround ViewLeaving and coming back to a marina berth can be some of the trickiest parts of boating, and more than …
Tom Cunliffe introduces an extract from ‘A Race for Real Sailors’, the story of head-to-head battles between two giant Grand Banks fishing schooners, Bluenose and Elsie, which made for dramatic racingAmerica’s Cup yachts had become so extreme by 1920 that …
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