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What to expect when you’re expecting at sea – three liveaboard mothers-to-be tell all
‘I’m just baby wrangling,’ Sara Kulins laughs over the phone as her daughter coos in the background. ‘She’s trying to chime in the conversation.’ For Kulins, the nursery isn’t a…
When is some risk too much risk? Nikki Henderson
I have to confess, I’m very resistant to the daily news drip-feed. The constant drama is overwhelming. I’ve often gone offline for weeks at sea and realised that when back…
The long way home: Navigating broken shrouds and fickle trades on the road to Polynesia
The Río Valdivia was glassy when we slipped our lines, the Chilean shores still wrapped in morning mist. For a moment it felt as though our crossing might actually begin…
Why racing machines are the ultimate recycled resource – Matt Sheahan
From crushing it to make garden furniture, to sending it through a complicated process to strip the resin from the fibre, or turning it into an energy source, there’s no…
It shouldn’t work – but it does! Why sailing the Wauquiez 55 changes things
Envisage a flow chart for choosing a new cruising yacht. As well as establishing fundamental decisions – such as monohull or catamaran? Glassfibre or aluminium? – it also asks if…
How I finally conquered a lifetime of seasickness to become a yacht skipper
Seasickness is surprisingly common – around one in three people are estimated to suffer from it, including long-term cruisers and even professional sailors. While numerous remedies and medications offer temporary…
Long read: A polar vortex, the thickest ice seen in decades on The Navesink, a $100,000 Tiffany and Co. trophy, and the ‘longest-deferred grudge match in sports history’
To understand what happened in Red Bank, New Jersey, in the first 10 days of February this year, you first have to understand the cold. This wasn’t a regular winter.…
5 Expert tips to improve your two-boat tuning
Before he specialised in foiling catamarans, John Gimson was long-time tuning partner to Iain Percy and the late Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson in the Star keelboat, playing a key role in…
The new rugged aluminium explorer yachts redefining adventure
The modern cruising landscape is undergoing a metallic makeover as shipyards double down on aluminium new builds. No longer reserved for utilitarian workboats, the latest wave of adventure yachts combines…
Squall tactics: How to use Radar as a squall tracker (and when to use mark one eyeball)
Squalls are self-contained convective systems, often confined to less than a mile or so in diameter, but they can occur in clumps of several hundred miles in spread. They are…
How to get your family into sailing and loving it: ‘Match the boat to the people, not the dream’
For many, sailing is a generational habit – learned from their parents, maybe by pottering about a local reservoir in a beaten-up dinghy, or hopping from port to port and…
Monitoring your yacht remotely: The modern technology helping you keep an eye on your boat
Walk the pontoons in any busy marina and you can often feel the difference between a yacht that is ready to go and one that isn’t. Neatly coiled lines and…
4 must-see multihulls: Top launches set to premiere at La Grande-Motte 2026
The multihull market in 2026 is no longer a monolith of charter cats versus speed machines. As we head to the 16th edition of the International Multihull Show at La…
The unsettling silence following the Auckland SailGP collision – Matt Sheahan
The shockwaves from Auckland in February are still resonating. Since the dramatic collision in the second event of the current SailGP season, at the time of writing few official answers…
How Sam Manuard is reimagining the 50ft offshore racer
At first glance, the Mach 50 Palanad 4 looks as if it has arrived from a different discipline entirely when compared to her rivals in recent offshore races. The bow…
Pure 42 review: Why this alloy cruiser is the new benchmark for bluewater cruising
It has got busy lately in the explorer segment. While some of the traditional brands like Ovni, Garcia and Bestevaer are still trucking along steadily, new ones have complemented this…
Aussies win SailGP Brazil: “I’ve been holding my breath a bit around the race track”
It was a tricky second race day at the Enel Rio SailGP in Brazil on Sunday, 12 April. As is standard in SailGP events, the final day held 3 fleet…
Why the World’s fastest superyacht (Baltic 111 Raven) has a speed limit
On first glance, you might assume Raven is pure AI-generated fabrication. A fantastical superyacht with 7m canting foil arms? But the fact the majority of these photos show it scorching…
How to watch Rio SailGP 2026
The race for the $2 million SailGP 2026 prize purse continues this weekend as the circuit heads to South America for the first time this weekend at the Enel Rio…