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.

PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE

PICTURE THIS • ‘Damp’ doesn’t begin to describe the life of a bowman…

Golden Globe skipper rescued

Orcas sink yacht off Portugal

Lively start for ARC rally

Wearing a lifejacket ‘not a personal decision’?

Mike Birch 1931-2022

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MATT SHEAHAN • SOLO OCEAN RACERS MIGHT BE SUPERHUMAN – THOUGH THEY’D HAVE US BELIEVE THEIR EXPLOITS ARE ALL PERFECTLY REASONABLE

SKIP NOVAK • HAVING WATCHED A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE AUSTRALIAN VICTORY IN THE 1983 AMERICA’S CUP, COULD THE LATEST CHAPTER POSSIBLY RIVAL IT?

THE HIDDEN BALTIC • FROM POPULAR SCANDINAVIAN WATERS, TO OFF-THE-BEATEN-TRACK EASTERN GEMS, WIETZE VAN DER LAAN AND JANNEKE KUYSTERS SHARE SIX GREAT BALTIC CRUISES

CURIOUS GENIUS • PETE GOSS HAS SAILED MORE DIFFERENT YACHTS THAN MOST OF US COULD IMAGINE, BUT IT’S AHOME-BUILT 32FT GAFFER THAT IS HISCHEF-D’OEUVRE, AS ELAINE BUNTING FINDS OUT

ATLANTIC CHARGE • THE SINGLE-HANDED ROUTE DU RHUM IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST BUT MOST ADORED OFFSHORE RACES IN THE WORLD. THIS YEAR WAS ARECORD-BREAKER IN EVERY SENSE, AS HELEN FRETTER REPORTS

THE IMOCA DESIGN RACE • RUPERT HOLMES TAKES A LOOK AT THE OFFSHORE CLASS EVOLUTION

MAKING THE SWITCH • A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE CRUISING LIFE SET KATE ASHE-LEONARD ON COURSE FOR A FULL TRANSOCEAN LIVEABOARD ADVENTURE

COURAGE OF YOUTH • A TALE OF FOUR SCHOOLBOYS ON AN ADVENTUROUS TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING THAT’S ENOUGH TO TURN ANY PARENT’S HAIR GREY

BELLISSIMO BLEND • A SLEEK 50-FOOTER WITH COMFORT, REWARDING SAILING QUALITIES AND PERFORMANCE, PLUS EASY HANDLING

HANSE 460 • THIS FIRST OF A NEW RANGE OF HANSES, FROM NEW DESIGNERS, IS ALREADY A BIG HIT, WITH OVER 200 SOLD AND A EUROPEAN YACHT OF THE YEAR WIN TO ITS NAME. DAVID HARDING REPORTS

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NEW YACHTS • RACING, FAST CRUISING OR BOTH? TOBY HODGES LOOKS AT STRIKING OPTIONS

NEW GEAR • GENNAKER AND WATERPROOFS ON TEST, PLUS LATEST GEAR REVIEWED

PRACTICAL • GYBING DOUBLE-HANDED • LEEWARD MARK ROUNDINGS • ACE 30 IRC SCOW

SHORT-HANDED SAILING • PIP HARE ON INSIDE GYBES

The Perfect Christmas Gift

5 EXPERT TIPS • HOW TO COME OUT AHEAD AT THE LEEWARD MARK

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS • RUPERT HOLMES ON THE ACE 30

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