A PLB or EPIRB can be a lifesaver if you go overboard. Solo sailor Pip Hare selects her pick of gear to help take the search out of search and rescue An EPIRB, PLB or another man overboard device could save your life. Photo: Tor Johnson EPIRBs When activated, an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon…

We start every watch with one-hour grinding, sometimes two I was really down More words from the crews to match some of the best pictures from leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race from China to New Zealand. In the third of our Volvo Ocean Race video documentaries from the stopover in Auckland, Louis Balcaen…

Barry Pickthall went aboard Flyer, winner of the 1977/78 Whitbread Round the World Race, now restored by a Dutch charity Flyer, restored to her ketch rig on sailing trials in the Netherlands. Photo: Marlene.Stoffelen/PPL One name dominated ocean racing in the late 1970s and early 80s: Dutch round the world racer Cornelis van Riestchoten, who…

You wait 20 days for a Volvo 65 to turn up and three arrive in eight minutes. Leading the Volvo Ocean Race night time charge from Sanya in China to to the finish line off Auckland’s Viaduct Basin breakwater, Xabi Fernandez’ Mapfre maintained their pole position, followed closely by Ian Walker’s Abu Dhabi Racing (4min…

The 72-foot Mini Maxi declared the overall winner as she achieves a podium finish 3 years in a row. Hap Fauth’s American JV72, Bella Mente has been declared the overall winner of the 2015 RORC Caribbean 600. Whilst several yachts are still racing, by the morning of Friday 27th February none of the remaining teams…

Toby Hodges looks at this new Chinese-built 28-footer One-designs can provide fun, fair racing, as epitomised by the Volvo Ocean Race fleet currently sliding round the planet. But modern one-designs tend to come with off-putting prices, particularly if the sail inventories are not capped. This new Far east 28R has been conceived as a fast,…

Take a look at the latest pictures from the RORC Caribbean 600 2015, taken by photograpers Tim Wright and Ted Martin. The post Spectacular picture highlights from the RORC Caribbean 600 appeared first on Yachting World. …read more

Pacific cruiser Rory Garland uses a range of new techniques to navigate safely in far-flung places with poor chart coverage Cruising in remote tropical regions can be challenging, especially where there are no charts suitable for pilotage. Often the charts that do exist are old and inaccurate. To make matters worse, coral can grow surprisingly…