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  • New Year, New Adventure: Sunsail’s Free Day Offer

    Sponsored Content Credit: Sunsail Sponsored content in association with The new year is here, and so is your next adventure. With Sunsail’s Free Day Offer*, you can make your Mediterranean summer escape in 2025 even better—with one day on us to create more memories and experience the best of sailing. Whether it’s Greece’s sunlit islands…

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      Passages: Cape Horn and Beyond Available Now!  Find it here Join Lin as she shares challenging sailing, gentle voyages, the shoreside encounters that await once you venture into the world of cruising under sail. Far more than just a sailing adventure, this book is also a true memoir. As she and Larry sailed north…

  • Boat Test: Moody DS48

    Moody DS48 Boat Test Moody Yachts has been producing deck saloon yachts for many years now. The company’s new DS48 proves it know precisely what it’s doing. Moody Yachts is a British icon that, back in the early 2000s, went all continental on us after being taken over by German manufacturer Hanse. While prior to…

  • How Risky is Crossing the Atlantic? Transatlantic Safety & the ARC

    Crossing the Atlantic – Bruce Roberts designed and owner-built Santosa GBR heads south to Mindelo. Credit: ARC Sailing across the Atlantic is the dream of many sailors. Why is that? Sam Jefferson chatted to sailors freshly arrived in Grenada at the end of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers to find out Crossing the Atlantic under…

  • Vendée Globe Halfway Mark: Around the World Updates

    VULNERABLE skipper Sam Goodchild (GBR) is pictured during Vendée Globe training, on September 27, 2024 off Groix, France. Credit: Pierre Bouras As the leaders reached the half way mark, the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe was shaping up to be an extraordinary one in many respects, with thrilling battles at all levels of the…

  • Upcycling Old Boats: Lagoon’s Green Boat Refit Scheme

    Lagoon Catamaran. Credit: Nicolas Claris Glassfibre is an indestructible material and its legacy in the world of boatbuilding is thousands of unwanted boats. What’s the solution to this problem?  Sam Jefferson talks to catamaran manufacturer Lagoon who thinks they have the answer Glassfibre is an extraordinary material; the combination of fine chopped strands of glass…

  • How to Win the Endeavour Trophy

    Oliver Groves and Esther Parkhurst – Endeavour Trophy Endeavour rookies Oliver Groves and Esther Parkhurst from Beaver SC explain to Sue Pelling how it is possible to not only win the Endeavour Trophy at a first attempt but also how to win the ‘ticket’ to get there. Oliver Groves (27) and Esther Parkhurst (25) representing…

  • Channel Islands Sailing Guide: Navigating the Channel Tides

    Channel Islands sailing – La Coupée joins Sark to Little Sark – the railings are a relatively recent addition! Credit: Shutterstock Clive Loughlin, his daughter Jess, and friend Keith put a Channel Island passage plan to the test. Here is what worked, and what didn’t… In a previous article ‘Channel Island Tidal Tactics’ (ST May…

  • Is the America’s Cup Real Sailing? Tech & the New Sailing World

    The SailGP F50 catamaran fleet in action on Race Day 1 of Bermuda SailGP presented by Hamilton Princess, Season 3, in Bermuda. 14th May 2022. Credit: Bob Martin for SailGP Is now the time to contemplate the workings of the America’s Cup? And how the SailGP circuit is re-shaping the grand prix racing landscape, including…

  • Sailing Start Line Tips: How To Avoid a Bad Race Start

    Race. Credit: Ian Roman / International Paints Poole Regatta A good start cannot win you a race but a bad one can lose it for you. Jon Emmett takes a look at some of the classic errors made on the startline. In a previous article we highlighted that in order to win, you first have…