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    ‘Does anything ever go completely to plan at sea?’ – Nikki Henderson

    • March 20, 2025

    Back in December I reminded myself what ‘too close for comfort’ feels like. After 18…

    ‘Why it was all-change at Düsseldorf Boat Show 2025’ – Matt Sheahan

    • March 11, 2025

    Close to the Spinlock stand at Boot Düsseldorf earlier this year were three white plastic…

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    Most of our life on land we spend hiding from ourselves. But at sea there is no escape – Nikki Henderson

    • February 17, 2025

    Ahoy there, from halfway to the Caribbean! This is my third attempt at writing this…

    ‘Boat ownership is a wildly impractical love affair, and gets complicated when you’re smitten’ – Nikki Henderson

    • January 22, 2025

    Being a professional sailor, I realise how stupid this is, and I really should know…

    ‘What stops sailors flying the right sails?’ – Nikki Henderson on the power driving your boat

    • December 5, 2024

    Why we haven’t been matching the factory polars for our new boat? I just can’t…

    What is a handy billy? The answer depends on where you come from

    • November 4, 2024

    Close reaching at a fast 60° TWA I was working out how far forward the…

    ‘Even for the most monkey-like riggers, going up the mast at sea is no fun’

    • July 5, 2024

    What do you do if a halyard lock gets stuck? What if your spinnaker is…

    ‘Should we identify more with our youthful selves to drive motivation?’ – Nikki Henderson

    • June 12, 2024

    As a team that is much younger than the rest of the competition, what superpower…

    The switch to electric will reduce emissions, but what will we do with all the old batteries?

    • June 10, 2024

    Rushing to wean ourselves off fossil fuels it seems we’re building another problem for the…

    ‘Why it’s tough being the only woman on board’ – Nikki Henderson

    • April 2, 2024

    For Leg 3 of the Ocean Globe Race, L’Esprit d’équipe (FR) and Neptune (FR) were…

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    Beautiful but deadly: Why the Fastnet Rock has always been feared by mariners

    • July 8, 2019

    It is so notorious among sailors that you could say the Fastnet Rock is the…

    Comment: Why the Scallywag video – and Rule 69 protest – could set back women’s sailing

    • December 8, 2017

    Was the infamous Scallywag ‘breakfast show’ video offensive? To my mind, no. I watched it…

    36th America’s Cup New Zealand: the Challenges that face the new host nation this time around

    • August 16, 2017

    As the saying goes, when you win the Cup you make the rules. The champagne…

    Should Skip Novak, the yacht's owner, just stay below when the professional skipper is in charge?

    Does a professional skipper ever outrank his or her yacht’s owner?

    • August 16, 2017

    Having been a skipper of other people’s yachts in my former life and, for almost…

    Dee Caffari skipper of Volvo Ocean Race team Turn the Tide on Plastic.

    Dee Caffari on the Volvo Race: “I can barely get my head around the enormity of the challenge”

    • August 16, 2017

    They say you should be careful what you wish for but nothing could be further…

    Dee Caffari: Professional female sailors and role models needed to inspire young competitors

    • August 15, 2017

    Seeing Tracy Edwards reunited with her Whitbread Round the World yacht Maiden, which she raced…

    What went wrong for Land Rover BAR in Bermuda?

    • August 14, 2017

    Knocked out at the semi-final stage of the Louis Vuitton Challenger series by 5-2 against…

    Summer sailing in high latitudes is no guarantee of good weather – sometimes winter is better

    • July 8, 2017

    Although we are in the business of providing uncertainty as one of the mainstays of…

    Time for Ainslie to get angry? What will it take for Land Rover BAR to beat Emirates Team New Zealand

    • June 8, 2017

    Ben Ainslie is not averse to controversy. It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch…

    The world’s biggest yachts – what’s behind the growth of the gigayacht

    • March 14, 2017

    Dwarfing not only any other yacht that happened to be on the River Eider, but…

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