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.

THE TYRANNY OF A PLAN

PICTURE THIS • Crew aboard the latest generation IMOCAs spend a lot of the race in enclosed cockpits, but there are some times when the (very wet) foredeck still beckons… Sam Goodchild and Susann Beucke pack up after a successful sail change aboard Holcim-PRB on the southbound Atlantic Leg 2 of The Ocean Race.

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

Atlantic nail-biter for Ocean Race

Golden Globe lead change

Outrage at Vendée sponsor decision

SKIPPERS’ REACTIONS

Ice adventures awarded

Big bucks and high drama at SailGP

When foiling goes bad

Sailing is out of the Paralympics

Paper charts reprieved

LETTERS

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Yachting World • ESTABLISHED 1894 • VOLUME 174 • ISSUE NO 3376

MATTHEW SHEAHAN • AS THE OCEAN RACE CREWS CHARGE AROUND THE WORLD, IS RACING UNDER AUTOPILOT CHEATING… OR PROGRESS?

NIKKI HENDERSON • SOMETIMES THERE’S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED TRYSAIL – BUT IT’S NOT JUST FOR STORMY WEATHER

GOING THE DISTANCE • WHAT IF ONE OR TWO YEARS OF ADVENTURE JUST ISN’T ENOUGH? MEET THE CRUISERS WHO’VE BEEN ON BOARD FOR A DECADE OR MORE, AND FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE LONG-HAUL CRUISING WORK FOR YOU

A BOAT FOR EACH STAGE

COAST OF RICHES • A DETOUR NORTH TO COSTA RICA ON HIS CLASSIC SWAN 37 REWARDS MAX CAMPBELL WITH SOME OF HIS MOST ADVENTUROUS CRUISING YET

ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC • A FIRST SOLO OCEAN CROSSING BECOMES AN EXTRAORDINARY TEST FOR JAMES FREDERICK WHEN HIS RUDDER FAILS 1,000 MILES FROM SHORE

LINJETT 39 • THIS LONG-ESTABLISHED, YET LITTLE KNOWN, SWEDISH YARD BELIEVES IT HAS THE PERFECT FORMULA FOR A CONTEMPORARY YACHT WITH TIMELESS APPEAL

GRAND SOLEIL 4 0 • A RARE SPECIES? HERE’S A CRUISER-RACER WITH GOOD LIGHT AIRS PERFORMANCE, APPEALING ACCOMMODATION AND A PROVEN HERITAGE

FINE BALANCE • EXPLORING EUROPE’S ARCTIC MARGINS BY WINDSURFER IS AN EXTRAORDINARY CHALLENGE FOR JONO DUNNETT

THE NEW BREED • ISSUE 053

A NEW ERA OF SUPER?

NEW SUPERYACHTS • THE LATEST SENSATIONS IN BUILD AND SOON TO LAUNCH

SEMI CUSTOM CLASS • THE 70-90FT SEMI-CUSTOM SECTOR IS BOOMING. TOBY HODGES EXPLORES SOME OF THE HOTTEST NEW DESIGNS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PRODUCTION YACHTS AND SUPERYACHTS

LAST SHOT • Just your average Dutch landscape scene… the newly launched 154ft Royal Huisman Nilaya seems beached on the grass as she is barged from Vollenhove to Amsterdam for rig stepping.

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Silent and eco yachting from Beneteau • STANDOUT YACHTS AT THE DÜSSELDORF BOAT SHOW

Elan Impression 43

Jeanneau Yachts 55

Aeolos P30

Dinghy for easy foiling

Saffier SE 24 Lite

NEW GEAR • RUPERT HOLMES ON THE FUTURE OF CHARTPLOTTERS AND ONBOARD DISPLAYS

NEW GEAR

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SPECIAL REPORT • HELEN FRETTER ON JESSICA WATSON’S TRUE SPIRIT

SAILING ON DEMAND

SHORT-HANDED SAILING • PIP HARE ON USING FURLING SAILS

PRE-SET MARKS

TROUBLESHOOTING

5 EXPERT TIPS • BOUWE BEKKING ON RUNNING A WATCH SYSTEM

TAKING OWNERSHIP • SAM FORTESCUE ON FINANCING A YACHT

NEW VS USED

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