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Video: 33 of the world’s finest classic yachts at Les Voiles de St Tropez 2015
Each year, Les Voiles de St Tropez regatta attracts a dazzling mixture of yachts from day sailers to superyachts, and some of the finest-looking maxis and performance cruisers in the world.…
Video: Nautor launches new Swan 115 flagship at Monaco Yacht Show
A year after the debut of the Swan 105, Nautor returned to the Monaco Yacht Show last week with a yacht even larger. The first Swan 115, the dark blue-hulled…
Gallery: Stunning images from the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Porto Cervo
Scroll down for video Take a look at these superb pictures from Carlo Borlenghi, taken at the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup in Sardinia last week. The Costa Smeralda provides a…
Bluewater Sailing Techniques Part 10: the care and use of the ship’s dinghy
A major part of your cruising life will be spent using your tender. In many areas in the tropics marinas are few and far between, so you will be reliant…
Bluewater Sailing Techniques Part 11: snorkelling and diving on reefs
When cruising in the tropics – or indeed sailing round the world – the time spent actually sailing is surprisingly insignificant and, apart from the ongoing task of yacht maintenance,…
Video: Oyster 475 and 545 on test, which would you choose?
Oyster’s range spans 48-125 ft LOA and provides a wide variety of routes to achieve the same goal, long distance, luxury cruising. Yet among the nine current models, two of…
Video: Dramatic aerial footage and pictures of the new Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild
These spectacular images and aerial footage of the new Mono60 Edmond de Rothschild have emerged after the boat took to the water for a test sail in Brittany. Launched on…
Video: Comanche – Matthew Sheahan gets aboard the world’s fastest monohull
Setting the start line ends in your chart plotter two days before the race may seem a little over eager, but on the 100ft super maxi Comanche it was essential.…
Video: On board with Bella Mente, a grand prix 72ft Mini Maxi, at Cowes Week
Bella Mente is a Judel Vrolijk design, built by New England Boatworks, and launched in 2012 for American owner-driver Hap Fauth. She is one of a growing fleet of Mini…
Bluewater Sailing Techniques Part 12: Fishing from your boat
Dan Bower's advice on catching a fish for your supper is the last in our series of Bluewater Sailing Techniques
Video: A wet ride – racing the X One Design, the oldest (and biggest) class at Cowes Week 2015
Surrounded by her wooden cockpit coamings with a cabin sole that feels way below the waterline, you also can’t help noticing when you race an X One Design (XOD) how…
Challenging opening day at this year’s Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week 2015
While a two hour postponement was displayed at the Royal Yacht Squadron’s flag mast, the light easterly breeze provided what appeared to be almost perfect conditions to kick off the…
VIDEO: The first foiling MOD70 – Gitana Team’s Edmond de Rothschild flies during her first trials!
The MOD70 (Multi One Design 70ft) is a well-proven ocean-racing trimaran that regulary hits 40 knot speeds. But what happens when you fit foiling daggerboards and T-rudders to one and…
Snorkelling and diving – what to consider when going underwater
It's one of the great pleasures of cruising to explore the element below you. Dan Bower considers the practicalities of going underwater
The Gunboat 55 Video – full footage of our test aboard the coolest new fast cat available
The Gunboat 55 takes cool to a whole new level. She is a curvaceous yet fiery, muscular yet elegant design, drawn by the godfather of lightweight multihulls, Nigel Irens. And…
Video: The new C&C 30 has arrived in Europe, Matthew Sheahan takes her out for a spin
There is eye watering, grin fixing, backside twitchingly quick, where your ride is balanced on a knife edge, and there’s clocking the same numbers without the same jittery feel. Here,…
Video – installing and testing a rope preventer and boom brakes to safely manage accidental gybes
A shout, the mainsheet whips through the cockpit and the boom crashes onto the other side of the boat – everyone has had a bad gybing experience at some…
Video: The FarEast 28R pocket rocket on test. A 28ft sports boat for under £35,000?
Just over a year ago a little known Chinese yard, the Shanghai Fareast Boats Co. Ltd. made a big impression at the Dusseldorf boat show with a rocket red, all…
Still fancy a ride in the Southern Ocean? Watch this video and you might think again!
Ian Walker and his crew provide first hand accounts of what it’s like here and now in the most remote part of this race, deep in the Southern Ocean. Great…