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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Ocean trimaran sails home on one float

Sailors of the Year awarded

Fourteen in solo round the world pursuit race

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Yachting World • ESTABLISHED 1894 • VOLUME 175 • ISSUE NO 3385

MATTHEW SHEAHAN • E-BIKES HAVE CHANGED THE WORLD OF CYCLING, SO COULD A NEW WINCH DO THE SAME FOR SAILING?

NIKKI HENDERSON • WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A DRUNKEN SAILOR? IT’S TIME TO REIMAGINE SOME MARITIME TRADITIONS

GOING SOLO • SAILING WITHOUT CREW DOESN’T MEAN THE END OF YOUR CRUISING DREAMS – QUITE THE OPPOSITE, AS JAMES FREDERICK REPORTS

TIPS FOR GOING SOLO

FINAL FRONTIER • IS THIS THE MOST AUDACIOUS RACE EVER? SIX SKIPPERS ARE GETTING READY TO RACE 100FT FOILING MAXI TRIMARANS SOLO AROUND THE WORLD – JAMES BOYD LOOKS FORWARD TO THE ARKEA ULTIM CHALLENGE BREST

RUNNERS AND RIDERS

EXPLORING WITH INTEGRITY • SAILING THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE IN A 43FT GENTLEMAN’S CUTTER WAS THE FRUITION OF YEARS OF PLANNING FOR WILL STIRLING

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ATLANTIC MAELSTROM • ATTEMPTING A TRANSATLANTIC RACE IN A SADLER 32, MARTIN THOMAS FACES AN ONSLAUGHT OF GALES

BEST EVER? • THE XC47 IS MARKETED AS THE ‘BEST BLUEWATER CRUISER EVER BUILT’ – A VERY BOLD CLAIM – BUT DOES THIS POWERFUL YACHT ACTUALLY MATCH THE HYPE?

BREAKING THE MOULD • A COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMPOSITE SPECIALISTS AND DESIGNERS, JEANNEAU’S SF30 RIPS UP ESTABLISHED THINKING FOR SETUP AND BUILD OF SMALLER OFFSHORE RACING YACHTS

NEW YACHTS • TOBY HODGES ON TWO STELLAR LAUNCHES AND TWO LUXURY CRUISERS IN BUILD

GEAR TESTED • NEXT GENERATION SMALL (2HP) OUTBOARD EQUIVALENTS

REMIGO ONE • LARGER (3HP) OUTBOARD EQUIVALENTS

CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS • STUCK FOR IDEAS FOR THE SAILOR IN YOUR LIFE? WE’RE HERE TO HELP

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SPECIAL REPORT • HELEN FRETTER ON FINAL ARC PREPARATIONS

NAVIGATION BRIEFING • TOM CHENEY ON THE ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART RACE

5 EXPERT TIPS • ŠIME FANTELA ON TIGHT UPWIND LANES

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS • DAN HOUSTON ON THE RESTORATION OF BARUNA

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