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.

MATTERS OF (SEA) STATE

First Ultim solo round the world

Solo Challenge winner

Cruisers feared dead after prison break

Superyachts head to the Med

Vendée skipper denies cheating rumours

OGR leaders’ race against time

Gabart and Clapcich’s female offshore pathway

Women’s Cup team unveiled

AC75 boats to launch in April

Spring boat shows

Amateur racer wins top honour

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MATTHEW SHEAHAN • WHILE MEETING AMERICA’S CUP HEROES IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR MANY YOUTH CUP HOPEFULS, THE MASTERS OF THE GAME HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED TOO

NIKKI HENDERSON • IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST GET WOMEN ON BOARD – SAILING MUST WORK HARDER TO RETAIN THEM IF WE ARE TO DIVERSIFY OUR SPORT

READY TO SAIL THE WORLD • TEN YEARS AFTER HIS FIRST CRUISING CIRCUMNAVIGATION, DAN BOWER IS GOING AGAIN. HE SHARES ADVICE ON KEY PREPARATION

GIANT SLAYERS • RACING AN AZOREAN WHALEBOAT IN PICO IS A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR CONRAD HUMPHREYS

THE FINAL FRONTIER • UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES PUSHED SASKIA STAINER-HUTCHINS AND HUSBAND TO THEIR LIMIT IN THE CAPRICIOUS WATERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN EAST COAST

CHASING GREATNESS • ALI, MESSI, SERENA… AN ELITE FEW CAN BE CONSIDERED A G.O.A.T (GREATEST OF ALL TIME). BUT CAN A BOAT? IS THIS HALLBERG-RASSY 69 THEIR GREATEST EVER? WE HAD AN EXCLUSIVE CHANCE TO FIND OUT

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WHAT’S HOT • SENSATIONAL NEW YACHTS AFLOAT, IN BUILD AND ON THE DRAWING BOARD

DUAL EXPRESSION • At 47m, Artexplorer eclipses the 44m Hemisphere as the world’s largest sailing catamaran, and is a unique project which also doubles as a floating art museum. Will Bruton reports

FOUR FROM VITTERS • Vitters Shipyard in the Netherlands is thriving with new builds. Toby Hodges went to visit

NILAYA • THE ORIGINAL NILAYA WAS A GROUNDBREAKING CRUISER-RACER. HER 12M LARGER REPLACEMENT INCORPORATES ENOUGH INNOVATION AND WEIGHT-SAVING TECHNIQUES TO ENSURE SHE SETS NEW SUPER TRENDS TOO. SAM FORTESCUE REPORTS

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RIDING THE CYCLONE • CAUGHT IN A TROPICAL CYCLONE IN A 130-YEAR-OLD WOODEN SAILING SHIP, SHANE GRANGER AND CREW SUDDENLY FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT A RUDDER

NEW YACHTS • OCEAN CRUISING CATAMARANS PLUS NEW PRODUCTION MONOHULLS

NEW GEAR • MARINE INNOVATIONS HIGHLIGHTED BY RUPERT HOLMES

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PRACTICAL • NAVIGATING CURRENTS • MULTIHULL DOWNWIND SKILLS • LINE HANDLING UNDER SAIL

IS ELECTRIC PROPULSION ALWAYS GREENER?

KEY RULES FOR SAILING AN ELECTRIC BOAT

NAVIGATION BRIEFING • JON BILGER ON USING TIDAL CURRENTS

5 EXPERT TIPS • HOW TO SAIL MULTIHULLS IN BIG BREEZES DOWNWIND

MASTERCLASS • RACHAEL SPROT ON LINE HANDLING UNDER SAIL

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