As I stepped off the Formula Whisper, our cameraman and photographer Richard Langdon was full…
Yachts & Gear
Drogues and sea anchors: we test a Jordan Series drogue and a ParaAnchor
Drogues and sea anchors are designed to slow a boat or allow it to hold…
Bestevaer Pure – a series-built 45ft junior member of the renowned Bestevaer range
Could this be the hardiest 45ft production-build ever? KM Yachtbuilders, based in Makkum in the…
GC32: A profile of the cat that learned to fly at 30 knots
First published February 2015. “Hike her down, guys, and we’ll get her up,” called our…
Quantum Racing TP52 – Doug de Vos’s new boat is the last word in ‘tweaky’
Celebrating its tenth anniversary in Europe this year, racing’s premier keelboat class, the TP52, is…
Meow, a supercharged Contessa 26 with 3Di sails and seriously tweaked rig and gear
A long-standing tenet of big fleet handicap racing is that either a very fast boat,…
Eagle 54 – an immaculately clean-decked daysailer from Hoek and Dutch builder Leonardo Yachts
Leonardo Yachts’ co-founder Melle Boersma sent us these first sailing pictures of their new Eagle…
The story of Yes! How a racer and innovative designer breathed new life into this classic 36ft racer
Adam Gosling and designer John Corby breathed new life into the classic 36ft racer Mustang…
Drones – make a movie and save a man overboard with the new unmanned aerial vehicles
Drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), made their name through widespread (and controversial) use by…
C&C 30 – blistering performance in a manageable package
Today, going like the clappers downwind is easy; anyone can do it. But there are…
Three fast cruisers from France: the Pogo 36 and two from Django
If you are looking for a cruising yacht that will rapidly take you to far…
Introducing the spicy new Black Pepper Code 2 60ft fast lifting-keel cruiser
Match a spicy, aesthetics-led brand with a gifted designer and the result is this sensationally…
New Jeanneau 54 launched: following the impressive 64, Jeanneau proves it’s the one to watch again
We tested the new Jeanneau 64 a year ago from Marseille during a mistral. It…
A custom 60-footer? How far would you go to have the boat of your dreams?
Imagine all of us wanting the same boats! How dull. But how far would you…
Breathing on the Dragon class – how the long-lived keelboat gets a makeover in Dubai
Receiving Olympic status is not always the blessing you might expect. The rate at which…
Tested: boom brakes and preventers, including Walder boom brake and Wichard Gyb’Easy
A shout, the mainsheet whips through the cockpit and the boom crashes onto the other…
Fareast 28R: a new sub-30ft sportsboat with an impressive price tag
Just over a year ago a little-known Chinese yard, the Shanghai Fareast Boats Co, made…
Grand Soleil LC46: a boat that abounds with clever touches
Grand Soleil has come up with something really different in its new Grand Soleil LC46.…
The French JPK 1080 ticks all the boxes for a successful racing keelboat, says Matthew Sheahan
Today, success in the racing keelboat market relies on far more than delivering an exciting-looking…
Discovery 58: a cruising thoroughbred from a thoroughly British yard
This is the British yard’s newest thoroughbred cruiser, a development of the Discovery 57 with…