What happened to cause Team Vestas Wind to hit a reef in the Indian Ocean last week and what will happen to the wreck? These are questions that almost everyone…
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Gear test: top clothing and kit to keep you warm and dry, tested by us with Skip Novak at Cape Horn
It’s the ultimate test of wet and cold weather gear, as Elaine Bunting, David Glenn and Skip Novak go to Cape Horn
Exclusive: Elaine Bunting is invited aboard Princess Anne’s royal yacht in a remote harbour in Scotland
As in any good intrigue, the rendezvous was remote and the instructions brief: wait at the chandlery at Ardfern Yacht Centre, inside if wet, outside if dry. Here I would…
Jeanneau 64 boat test – a Jeanneau with superyacht ambitions
Here is a yacht guaranteed to surprise. Packed within this 64ft 1in hull, the latest from Jeanneau, are a multitude of qualities that will make you question your preconceptions about…
Colourful photos from the yachts and crews competing at the Garmin Hamble Winter Series 2014
The unpredictable UK climate is never enough to put the many crews off from fleet racing in the Solent – throughout the winter. The low light and clear, cold air…
How a crew saved the lives of four Haitian refugees abandoned at sea and left for dead
Cruising Dominica to Antigua the crew of Nefertiti heard voices in the water. Daniel Calascione describes a troubling rescue of four Haitian refugees
Video: Full footage as Volvo Ocean Race Team Vestas strikes the reef and the crew prepare to abandon ship
the boat was doing 19 knots. The noise and the violence of the collision on the opening section of this video leaves you on no doubt about that.
HRH Princess Anne talks about her new Rustler 44 yacht and love of sailing in Scotland
Royal Princess Anne and her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence discuss their favourite Scottish grounds when sailing their Rustler 44 Ballochbuie
Volvo Ocean Race – how could a yacht bristling with technology hit a known reef?
How is it possible for a yacht bristling with the latest technology to hit a well-known reef, as Volvo Ocean Race crew Team Vestas Wind did, with catastrophic consequences? How can it…
Tax, TV and timings – why the Americas Cup 2017 is to take place in Bermuda
The Americas Cup 2017 will take place in Bermuda. The confirmation of the venue for the 35th Americas Cup in June 2017 was announced by the America’s Cup commercial commissioner,…
New 100ft supermaxi Comanche arrives in Australia to prepare for the Sydney-Hobart Race
The superfast 100ft maxi designed as a record breaker for Netscape founder Jim Clark and his wife, Kristy, has arrived in Australia by ship in preparation for the Sydney-Hobart Race.…
Gunboat G4: the first flying cruising yacht could hit 40 knots. “It’s the baddest-ass coastal cruiser ever”
Meet the G4. This is Gunboat’s catchy name for a frighteningly fast new 40-foot weapon due to launch in early 2015. It is proof that the America’s Cup foiling effect…
New Pogo 3 is an even more powerful machine and a dangerously addictive pocket rocket
More power and less weight Matthew Sheahan discovers that Pogo Structure’s third generation mini transat boat is a dangerously addictive machine
First aerial shot of broken VOR 65 Team Vestas Wind on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius
A picture posted on the Volvo Ocean Race website shows the sad wreckage of Chris Nicholson’s Volvo 65 Team Vestas Wind that ran aground. The nine-strong crew abandoned ship in…
Foiling kiteboards at the ISAF Sailing World Cup. Could this crazy fast spectacle be the sport’s future?
A new event for foiling kiteboards has been made for the first time in this year’s ISAF Sailing World Cup. It looks the perfect side of crazy and some are…
Volvo Ocean Race skipper Chris Nicholson describes how his crew came to abandon their Volvo 65 and what happens next
– The damage is massive in the boat – We had to just hang with the boat breaking up around us – I can’t begin to describe how hard it…
Huff of Arklow sails again after a remarkable restoration
After a long refit, the legendary and once groundbreaking Uffa Fox-designed ocean racer Huff of Arklow has returned to the water. Elaine Bunting reports
Team Vestas crew abandon boat as they hit reef on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, Mauritius in Volvo Ocean Race
At 1510 UTC, Team Vestas Wind informed Race Control that their boat was grounded on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, 200nm north east of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean. All nine…
ARC 2014 – One week in and the crews are settling in but the weather has been a surprise – selection of logs
One week in and the ARC fleet is settling into the routine of their 2,700nm crossing although not in the kind of conditions that many had expected. Squalls, rain showers…
François Gabart reveals the new 100ft trimaran design that he will attempt to sail round the world alone
Vendeé Globe winner and French sailing wunderkind François Gabart has revealed the details of the new 100ft trimaran he is to build with sponsors Macif in a race programme from…