FAST 40 gathers Pace
With racing for the FAST 40 + class coming on line in the Solent for 2016, hopefully a new halcyone era of British grand prix yacht racing is set to dawn with owners acquiring new hardware, specific read more …read more
Franck Cammas badly injured
Franck Cammas has been airlifted to hospital with serious leg wounds after being badly injured Franck Cammas, skipper of Groupama French America’s Cup skipper Franck Cammas has been seriously injured in an accident while training aboard a foiling GC32 catmaran. Cammas was at the helm of one of two training boats and sailing in Quiberon…
Video
The official video of the 2015 Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek is now live here. Four days of tough conditions made for a challenging series but it was smiles all round at the end with lots of great onshore socialising to boot. If you didn’t make it this year, check out what you missed and…
Sea anchors
Sea Anchors and drogues in this article we test a Jordan Series drogue and a ParaAnchor. Toby Hodges tries out a ParaAnchor sea anchor and a Jordan Series Drogue on a heavy weather sail training weekend in the English Channel Drogues and sea anchors are designed to slow a boat or allow it to hold…
Catamaran sailing
Arriving at the marina and contemplating your exit can present a daunting view, but cats are easier to handle under power than you may think. Multihull expert Nigel Irens explains how to get off the dock with the minimum of fuss The attraction of sailing a boat that offers the vast living space only found…
Quantum Racing TP52
The 52 Super Series plans for 2016 include exciting new venues and new challenges as the world’s leading performance monohull circuit enters a successful fifth year. Read more The new TP52s have better performance, but it is up to crews to tweak rig and sails. And none do it better than this Botin &n Partners…
AC World Series in Gothenburg
After the first race of the day, three boats shared the lead while Artemis had performed a superb comeback on day 2 of the LV AC World Series When asked how his close friend and skipper of Artemis Racing, Iain Percy would be feeling after his team’s run of poor performance and bad luck, Ben…
SS Varvassi
This great little video shows a party of intrepid wreck hunters intent on standing on the wreck of the SS Varvassi – until the tide comes in at the end…. How many people can stand on the wreck of the SS Varvassi? This great little video might just show a bizarre new record as a…
Getting a good start
If a good start is the key to a good race, the last tack into the start and the first 60 seconds out of it are crucial, explains top America’s Cup sailor Terry Hutchinson The subtleties of a good start are more complicated than identifying a good spot to leeward and starting next to someone…
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