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    How a square top mainsail helped superyacht Sarissa take off

    • November 17, 2016

    Upgrading horsepower always gets the boys excited. So, when the decision came to upgrade Sarissa’s…

    How Comanche took more than a day off the transatlantic record

    • November 15, 2016

    No sailing record has a more storied history, or is harder to beat, than the…

    Wolfhound: marine artist Stephen Dews reveals his brand new schooner

    • October 13, 2016

    Recognised as one of the world’s leading marine artists, whose subjects range from the Battle…

    British sailor David Cowper navigates ‘world’s most difficult sea route’ for first time since discovery in 1822

    • October 11, 2016

    British sailor and explorer David Cowper has successfully transited one of the most difficult routes…

    Yacht Gunn: 1960s Sparkman & Stephens Swan 43

    Swan 43: the restoration of 50-year-old Sparkman & Stephens yacht Runn

    • October 10, 2016

    When a Contessa 32 became a little bit too snug for a holiday with his…

    Biggest ever ‘Big Class’ schooner gathering at Superyacht Cup in Palma

    • October 4, 2016

    Seldom has there been a more magnificent sight in sailing than on the opening day…

    Waszp on display at Foiling Week 2016, Malcesine, Lake Garda. Pic: Gilles Martin-Raget

    Waszp – the new one-design foiling Moth that could make learning to fly a little less painful

    • September 14, 2016

    If there is one class of boat that has turned more heads around the world…

    Southern Wind 96

    Southern Wind: two new performance cruisers around 100ft

    • September 9, 2016

    One of the conspicuous growth areas of yachting, albeit a specialised niche, is performance cruisers…

    Revival of the Q Class – a mini J Class without all the costs and crew hassles

    • August 17, 2016

    Imagine owning a yacht with all the class, style and history of a J Class,…

    AC45 foiling catamaran

    What is the AC45? Meet the America’s Cup World Series foiling catamaran

    • July 22, 2016

    The boat being raced in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series is the AC45…

    Extraordinary boats: a new take on a Dutch Lemsteraak

    • July 21, 2016

    Name any traditional racing class and there will always be one owner who tries to…

    TP52 Gladiator wins Round the Island Race 2016 – see our race fleet gallery

    • July 3, 2016

    Winner of the the J. P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race, the Gold Roman Bowl…

    A skiff with stabilisers? Meet ep0h, a skiff that anyone can sail

    • June 8, 2016

    This is a skiff with big ambition: ep0h stands for ‘exponential pleasure, zero hassle’. The…

    A brief affair with Graham Greene – a double-ender lists the author as an owner

    • April 19, 2016

    Graham Greene is not noted for being a great sailor. The author of Brighton Rock,…

    BlackCat

    Meet the radical new BlackCat, a 50m/165ft luxury multihull that can do 30 knots!

    • April 15, 2016

    Every now and again you see a radical new concept that makes you grin in…

    Extraordinary boats: Rambler 88 has won races all over the world. What’s her secret?

    • April 1, 2016

    “Will I bring Rambler 88 back next year? It’s too soon to be sure, but…

    The story of Spindrift 2’s Jules Verne round the world record attempt

    • March 18, 2016

    It was one of the fastest ever laps of the planet under sail, but the…

    Eight Cube, or the Flying Frog, this eccentric new Mini Transat boat has foils

    • February 5, 2016

    French yacht designer and Mini sailor David Raison has a lot to answer for. His…

    J Class Endeavour

    The J Class yacht Endeavour is for sale – a rare chance to buy one of the most iconic yachts ever built

    • February 3, 2016

    Arguably there couldn’t be at a better time to buy one of the most prestigious…

    What it’s really like aboard a foiling Americas Cup boat in the heat of battle?

    • October 16, 2015

    As we hammered our way downwind, smoking along at thirty-something knots, aside from the deafening…

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