Yachting World

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd 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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LES VOILES DE SAINT-TROPEZ 2022 SPECIAL • This year’s Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez Regatta was a true spectacle. After a benign start to the regatta on 24 September, several days of Mistral winds brought fast, furious and very wet racing

ON THE WIND • NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WORLD OF YACHTING

80°N in an inflatable catamaran

World Sailors of the Year

America’s Cup test boats launch

Middle Sea Race drifter

Yacht carbon to get recycled

Jeremy Rogers 1937-2022

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Yachting World • ESTABLISHED 1894 • VOLUME 173 • ISSUE NO 3372

MATT SHEAHAN • THINK THE FOILING IMOCAS LOOK FAST? WHEN YOU’RE ON BOARD THEY FEEL EVEN FASTER…

SKIP NOVAK • A RETURN VISIT TO SOUTH GEORGIA NEVER FAILS TO EXCITE, ESPECIALLY EXPLORING THE ‘ALTERNATIVE’ SHACKLETON ROUTE

THE BIG ATLANTIC COUNTDOWN • TEMPTED TO HEAD OFF ON AN TRANSATLANTIC ADVENTURE? ELAINE BUNTING LOOKS AT HOW TO PREPARE FOR A CROSSING IN JUST ONE OR TWO YEARS

WHEN TO GO (AND WHICH WAY TO GO)

A YEAR TO REMEMBER • HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD ON HIS CRUISING CATAMARAN, OCEAN RACER NICK BUBB REVEALS WHAT HE’S LEARNED SAILING 15,000 MILES WITH HIS FAMILY

NICK’S FAVOURITE THINGS

LESSONS FROM CAPE HORN • FEW SCENARIOS ARE MORE FEARED THAN A SOUTHERN OCEAN STORM. SEAN MCNEILL HEARS FROM THOSE WHO’VE SAILED THROUGH THEM ON HOW TO HANDLE SEVERE CONDITIONS

SOUTHERN OCEAN VETERANS

SEA AND SNOW • A VOYAGE TO HEARD ISLAND, A REMOTE SPECK IN THE FAR SOUTHERN OCEAN, ON A MISSION TO BE THE FIRST TO SUMMIT ITS 9,000FT PEAK

AURA 51 • WHEN A BOAT IS YOUR HOME, THE SPACE AND COMFORT IT PROVIDES BECOME PARAMOUNT

FIRST 44 • EFFICIENCY IS THE BYWORD FOR THIS NEW MODEL, IN BOTH PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE ON THE WATER

Outremer 52

Najad 450CC Next Generation

Hanse 510

Swan 55 Debut viewed at Cannes

ClubSwan 41

NEW GEAR • PUSH-BUTTON FURLING, DYNAMIC BLOCKS AND WIND SENSORS

THREE OF THE REST

CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS

GEAR TESTED • RUPERT HOLMES PICKS BEST PERFORMING GEAR OVER AN 1,800-MILE TEST

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SPECIAL REPORT • WILL BRUTON ON THE FULL LENGTH CHALLENGE

SHORT-HANDED SAILING • PIP HARE ON SPINNAKER HOISTS

TAMING THE TACK

NAVIGATION BRIEFING • CHRIS TIBBS ON NEW WAVE ROUTING SOFTWARE

5 EXPERT TIPS • BEN MCGRANE ON STRATEGIC STARTING

TAKING OWNERSHIP • WILL BRUTON ON BUYING A FAMILY YACHT

FAMILY-FRIENDLY FEATURES

TWO TO CONSIDER

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