Line honours for MAPFRE

Americas Cup news and the new foiling cat has been revealed. Here’s what makes it special and the reason why the big change has come about In contrast to the usual razzamatazz of a busy press conference hosted in the next Cup location, (I wish), the announcement of the new class for the next America’s…

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…

Superyacht racing is getting more and more competitive, as St Barths Bucket proves St Barths Bucket superyacht regatta. Aboard 125ft Perini Navi P2 at St Barths Bucket We’re not trying to win the party, Jonathan Kline says with a smile. Kline is the captain of the 38m Perini Navi sloop P2 and this is his…

A group of sailors from Poland have sailed to the furthest point south in recorded history Yacht Selma set a record for navigating to the furthest point south A Polish crew has set a new record for sailing the furthest south. Selma, a 67ft steel ketch skippered by Piotr Kuniar and a crew of ten,…

Spirit of Hungary skipper Nandor Fa suffers a head injury whilst up the mast attempting to ease jammed mainsail Spirit of Hungary (Nandor Fa, Conrad Colman) Having to stitch up your crewmate’s head wound whilst slamming over rough seas in the Southern Ocean is a nightmare situation that even the most experienced of medics would…

In 2002/2003 Skip Novak project managed the construction of his new Pelagic Australis, a 23 meter purpose built expedition vessel for high latitude sailing in order to augment the charter operations of the original Pelagic. Launched in September of 2003 she is the flag ship for Pelagic Expeditions. Skip sits on the Panel of Experts…