The 2024 ARC was a testing mix of conditions for the 140 yachts taking on a transatlantic crossing, as Elaine Bunting discoversThey call themselves The Lost Buoys, a nautical pun on the ragtag group led in Neverland by Peter Pan, …
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Toby Hodges takes a look at all the nominees and the winner of the specialist yachts category in the European Yacht of the Year AwardsWhat do you do when you have yachts that are as diverse as innovative daysailers, a …
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SailGP was unfinished business for Dylan Fletcher, but this season he is back with a bang, leading the series overall as helmsman for Emirates GBR. He talks to Helen Fretter about life on the fastest circuit in sailingSailGP is about …
A cold front offshore can see race-ending conditions, Hugh Brayshaw shares advice on how to prepare and sail through it with Andy RiceHugh Brayshaw wasn’t long into his offshore career before he encountered the importance of negotiating a cold front …
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What do the changes on show at Boot Düsseldorf mean for the next year of yachting? Matt Sheahan reports from a much-changed Düsseldorf Boat ShowClose to the Spinlock stand at Boot Düsseldorf earlier this year were three white plastic dogs, …
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Rolf Vrolijk, co-founder of Judel/Vrolijk, nominates the Alinghi SUI-100 as the coolest and most innovative yacht of our timesPhoto: Herbert Knosowski/Associated Press/Alamy“SUI-100, which won the America’s Cup in 2007 [by one second against Emirates Team New Zealand in the seventh …
