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    Best Luxury Yacht 2025: The Ultimate Luxury Cruisers

    The best new yachts at the 2025 International Multihull Show

    Leopard 46 Hybrid first look: Combining the benefits of diesel and electric

    The MODX in the water

    MODX first look: Dual inflated wingsails lift the catamaran market to new heights

    The minimal wetted surface area reduces further when flying a hull.

    New Dragonfly 36: Composite folding wings reduces weight for more speed

    Coolest Yachts: The M32 Catamaran

    Max warp speed for days on end! Pip Hare on joining Canada Ocean Racing for The Ocean Race Europe 

    The Excess 13

    New Excess 13: Lightness of space throughout

    Exploring remote British Columbia on a 210ft superyacht

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    What Are the Best Floating Docks? How to choose for stability, safety and style

    Jérémie Beyou / Charal

    World’s top sailors choose Musto to tackle the toughest race on water

    Innovation, performance and sheer good looks: Wally’s 30-year sailing success story

    Cannes World Premiere For All-New 19-Metre Contest 63CS

    Could you help to save ‘Seaglider’ underwater ocean research drone?

    Sam Goodchild: from liveaboard to Britain’s best ocean racing prospect

    ‘As the bow touched down the noise was different… In two seconds my race was over’ – Pip Hare’s Vendée disaster

    Aerial view of boats on a pontoon

    Finding a great yacht deal in 2025: Expert advice on understanding the market

    Great seamanship: The Log of the Molly B

    5 expert tips: How to hold a lane upwind

    New approach to reduce the chance of whale strikes in yachts

    Poling off ice and a fruitless search for a passage to Narsaq in thick ice fields; ultimately Forel had to look for another route.

    Sailing to Greenland: A scientific voyage of discovery

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    Catamarans and multihulls

    Best catamaran and multihull: The very best yachts on two and three hulls

    The Best Specialist Yachts 2025: Impressive Daysailers and Sportsboats

    Why so many sailors are making the switch to multihulls

    Expert tips: how to sail multihulls downwind in big breezes

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    Sailing across the Atlantic

    Man overboard in ARC: US MRCC calls off active search. Another yacht abandoned in second incident.

    Sailing from Annapolis to Iceland on the viking routes of old

    How to prepare for an Atlantic crossing with the ARC

    What’s the best autopilot kit for a transatlantic?

    The ‘easy’ way to sail across the Atlantic?

    New mutihulls take on an Atlantic crossing

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    Extraordinary Boats

    Extraordinary Boats: JV43 Red 2 – a full-throated racer with an adventurous cruising side

    Extraordinary Boats: The Three Quarter Tonner ‘Impeccable’

    Extraordinary boats: The Mini Globe Race Globe 5.80

    Extraordinary boats: The Cayman 28 ‘a gentleman’s skiff’

    Jaro: Sailing this unique new upwind weapon

    Adela in the water

    Newly restored schooner cruiser-racer Adela: ‘Some of the best sailing of my whole life’

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    Practical Cruising

    Your complete guide to using radar on a yacht

    Gorgeous white cliffs with azure sea and the sun beating down

    Cruising in Corsica and Sardinia: gelato, marine reserves, and medieval history

    Palma, Mallorca

    Taking ownership: Advice for overseas gardiennage

    Wide birds-eye-voew pf a sand bank and turqoise sea.

    Taking ownership: Buying a yacht abroad

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    Boat Tests

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    Allures 40.9 vs Ovni 400: French aluminium centreboarders go head-to-head

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    CNB 66 yacht test: Intoxicating cruiser is a cut above the mainstream

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    Saffier SE37 Lounge test: A veritable supercar of the seas

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    Swan 65 test: The triumphant return of a true sailing icon

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    Best family yacht: The best yachts for sailing with the family

    The Hottest Yachts and Trends for 2025

    Solaris 74RS first look: Alluring style with some substance below decks

    WATCH: Will the USA’s Radical America’s Cup Design Choices Pay Off?

    Watch: Is this the boat to end 170 years of British America’s Cup hurt?

    Extraordinary boats: Cape Cod 767 is 25ft of fresh thinking

    Watch: Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s America’s Cup Boat Innovations

    Watch: Emirates Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup boat innovations

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    Expert sailing tips

    Jack Bouttell grinding away at a crack at the root of the starboard rudder of 11th Hour Racing Team during the 2022/23 The Ocean Race with crewmates Simon Fisher and Justine Mettraux.

    5 expert tips: Jack Bouttell on repairing your boat mid-ocean

    A yacht at an angle with choppy waves nehind

    An expert guide to safe line handling at sea

    How to berth and anchor a yacht in the Baltic

    How to find the right weather window

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    World's coolest yachts

    Coolest Yachts: The Nordic Folkboat

    Alinghi SUI-100

    World’s coolest yachts: Alinghi SUI-100 – ‘The last conventional monohull that raced for the America’s Cup’

    World’s coolest yachts: The Myth of Malham

    World’s Coolest Yachts: AC45F

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    Yachts and gear

    Best Waterproof Backpack 2025: 6 Top Models Tested

    Petrol outboard engines VS Electric outboard motors: real world comparison

    Fenix Shadowmaster vs Exposure Raw Pro: Battle of the premium head torches for sailing

    Why I flew 1400 miles to pick up my favourite PLB!

    By multihull designer Nigel Irens in association with Pantaenius

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    Voyaging

    Point of view of a yacht sailing through water

    Jimmy Cornell: ‘Some of my most memorable sailing was due to unforseen detours’

    Exploring Guyana’s mighty Essequibo River by boat

    An aerial shot of a yacht in a tropical sea

    How to sail around the world: Launching an epic adventure

    Swimming with humpback whales

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