Yachting World

Published by TI Media Limited Yachting World is world's leading international yachting magazine. From ocean racing and blue water cruising to the most glamorous super-yachts, Yachting World has the very best in nautical writing and stunning photography, with up-to-the-minute technical reports, race analysis, new boat tests and much more.

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Yachting World • ESTABLISHED 1894 • VOLUME 174 • ISSUE NO 3382

MATTHEW SHEAHAN • SERIOUS CHALLENGES ARE ON THE HORIZON FOR THE WORLD’S SAILING SPEED RECORD

NIKKI HENDERSON • THE BEST SKIPPERS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THEIR BOUNDARIES – BECAUSE CHALLENGES CAN COME FROM UNEXPECTED CORNERS

WHERE TO SAIL ROUND THE WORLD • JIMMY CORNELL, DOYEN OF WORLD CRUISING, FINDS THERE HAVE BEEN SOME BIG SHIFTS IN GLOBAL CRUISING PATTERNS. NOW COULD BE THE BEST TIME TO GO, HE SAYS. BUT WHERE?

THE GREATEST RACE • THE 2023 ROLEX FASTNET RACE WAS THE BIGGEST OFFSHORE RACE OFF ALL TIME – AND THIS YEAR’S 50TH EDITION WAS A TRUE TEST OF EVERY COMPETITOR. HELEN FRETTER REPORTS

CALL OF THE WILD • NIKKI HENDERSON BRAVES GRIZZLY BEARS, WHALES, WHIRLPOOLS AND FEROCIOUS WINDS TO TAKE PART IN THE UNIQUE RACE TO ALASKA

PURSUING THE PACIFIC DREAM • FOR HALF A CIRCUMNAVIGATION, MAX CAMPBELL WAS CHASING HIS PACIFIC DREAM. AND NOW FRENCH POLYNESIA IS EVERYTHING HE HOPED IT WOULD BE

RAISE YOUR SPIRIT • A MULTIPURPOSE DESIGN, A DUAL PURPOSE YACHT. TOBY HODGES SAILS SPIRIT YACHTS’ LATEST STUNNER AND FINDS A NEW BENCHMARK IN MODERN CLASSIC QUALITY

NEW YACHTS • RUPERT HOLMES ON SCOW BOW DERIVED CRUISING YACHTS

SUPER SAIL WORLD • ISSUE 055

FORWARD THINKING

SMART TIME • THE ABILITY TO GET SAILING QUICKLY, EASILY AND ENJOYABLY IS WHAT MAKES THE Y9 SO APPEALING, SAYS TOBY HODGES AFTER SAILING BELLA

ALL DANCING IN STEP • A SMALLER FLEET AT THIS YEAR’S SUPERYACHT CUPPALMA PRODUCED SOME WELL-MATCHED PAIRINGS AND TIGHT RACING. ELAINE BUNTING REPORTS

NEW SUPERYACHTS • JUST LAUNCHED: BALLISTIC BALTICS, A HYBRID SOUTHERN WIND AND MAXI SWAN

BALTIC YACHTS: 50 YEARS OF GROUND-BREAKING YACHTS

EDGE OF CONTROL • A TERRIFYING NIGHT IN THE CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD RACE FORMED LIFELONG BONDS FOR IAN DICKENS AND HIS FELLOW CREW

TESTED: HEAD TORCHES • HEAD TORCHES CAN BE A SAILOR’S BEST FRIEND AT NIGHT. WE TESTED SIX OF THE BEST TO FIND OUT WHICH REALLY SHONE OUT AND WHY. FOX MORGAN REPORTS

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SPECIAL REPORT • HELEN FRETTER ON THE YOUNG CRUISERS ASSOCIATION

NAVIGATION BRIEFING • JON BILGER ON MONITORING WEATHER WHILE ON PASSAGE

MASTER CLASS • RACHAEL SPROT ON MANOEUVRING UNDER POWER

5 EXPERT TIPS • JELMER VAN BEEK ON RACING HARD DOWNWIND

WORLD’S COOLEST YACHTS • WE ASK TOP SAILORS AND MARINE INDUSTRY GURUS TO CHOOSE THE COOLEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE YACHTS OF OUR TIMES