The fast, Bente 24
Designed to attract a new generation of sailors, Bente is a new dynamic company that has produced one of the most economical, small, fast cruisers ever seen. The Bente 24 is positively brimming with fresh ideas.


Designed to attract a new generation of sailors, Bente is a new dynamic company that has produced one of the most economical, small, fast cruisers ever seen. The Bente 24 is positively brimming with fresh ideas.


Legend has it that over 31 days during 1788 the HMS Bounty of Captain Bligh made just 85 miles while attempting fruitlessly to round Cape Horn. If they round Cape Horn as expected on Tuesday, Barcelona World Race leaders Bernard Stamm and Jean Le Cam will have taken 31 days to race from the longitude…
Proving that you can never rest on your laurels in a grand prix round the world race in one designs, in the three-way horse race to the Auckland finish line, it was the Spanish VO65 MAPFRE read more …read more
We sailed with UK solo sailor Alan Roberts at Cowes Week 2015, where we were able to glean some valuable advice for the growing fleet of sailors that are taking to shorthanded sailing. Solo sailor Alan Roberts had the best British result in the Solitaire du Figaro in June 2015 During Cowes Week 2015, I…
Matthew Sheahan went to Persico in Italy to see how it was possible to repair the VO65 Team Vestas Wind get the team back in the race Recovering a wrecked Volvo 65 from a remote reef in the Indian Ocean and shipping her over 5,000 miles to a yard tucked up against the foothills of…
Yachting World’s consulting editor Pip Hare jumps on board one of the smallest in the fleet, the 37ft Reichel Pugh Taz The Caribbean 600 yacht race will start on Monday at 11 am local time under a beating Caribbean sun for 600 miles of intense and full-on racing passing 11 Caribbean Islands. I will be…
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,…
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