Yachts & Yachting magazine

Back in July there was a weekend of international sport that saw millions of people glued to the television for the British Grand Prix, the Wimbledon finals and the Cricket World Cup – each event more astonishingly edge-of-your-seat than the last. Bu

Sixty teams racing ten different examples of the J/Boat range were in action with skippers from Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States in the Landsail Tyres J-Cup hosted by the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Nine races were complet

Despite a slow initial start, Jason Carroll and crew were able to push their MOD70 trimaran Argo (pictured above) into the lead ahead of two rival MOD70s in this year’s 50th edition of the classic LA-Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race. Having fought to

Open letter from the undersigned comprising sailors at the 2019 Finn World Masters Skovshoved, Denmark To Kim Andersen President of World Sailing June 2019 Dear Mr Andersen, Following the controversial decision made by the World Sailing Council in

While the America’s Cup remains the most prestigious event in our sport, a similarly ancient competition, to which the New York Yacht Club is also central, is the Transatlantic Race. This was first run in 1866, the result of three wealthy New Yorkers

Over the years I have competed in everything from single-handers to fully crewed yachts, but for the last 20 years my focus has been the Flying Fifteen, which provides a unique mixture of challenges and rewards, a blend of yacht strategy but with pla

Beating 1,210 other boats in extreme light, shifty conditions aboard Eeyore, the smallest boat in the fleet, a 55-year-old, 18ft modified bilge keel Alacrity, to win the coveted Gold Roman Bowl, will undoubtedly go down in the history books as one of

As modest as he is, Jo Richards was a favourite to win the Gold Roman Bowl at some point. The prolific, internationally known yacht designer and Olympic medallist lives in Gurnard and has competed in almost every Round the Island Race since 1975. On

When friends Emily Mueller and Flo Brellisford did a simultaneous leap out of their Optimist dinghies at the end of the 2018 national championships in Pwllheli, it was far from the end of an era. Yes, the two had reached the upper age limit of 15 for

“What’s in it for me? Answer that satisfactorily and you’re heading in the right direction.” I’m sitting in the committee room of the Royal Torbay Yacht Club with current commodore Adrian Peach, and his still heavily involved predecessor, Bob Penfold

The best thing about the day? The fact that, given everything else, retiring didn’t matter. Yes, we delayed the call until we really, really thought all vestige of breeze had deserted us, and checked again to see if there was any wind up ahead at Bem

Torbay, which hosts the J/70 worlds from 28 August to 7 September, may appear to be a bay within a bay, tucked up inside the western end of Lyme Bay. However, tidal streams can still run strong, especially where a windward mark is laid offshore in de

When Phil Morrison was asked to design the RS800 and Laser 2000, the aim was to make asymmetric sailing more accessible at both ends of the racing spectrum. Two decades later both designs continue to fulfil their original brief. We look at the story

Can you imagine swapping the daily grind in the darkest winter for a week or two of pure indulgence sailing from one coconut palm tree-lined castaway island to another, dropping anchor off a white powder sand beach and swimming in clear turquoise wat

While Google, Tesla and others busy themselves with cars that see (or sense) the environment and dangers around them in order to react autonomously, we’re not yet in the realms of relinquishing command of our yachts to a superior artificial intellige

Safety is a subject that requires plenty of forethought and planning, so that you have the right tools to hand, whether you’re dealing with an entrapment issue under an inverted dinghy, or a broken rig or structural failure on an offshore yacht. It’s

Lymington teenagers Vita Heathcote and Milly Boyle clinched the 420 world championship crown after a close finish in Vilamoura, Portugal. The pair dominated the regatta with eight top 10 finishes but came under pressure from Italian duo Irene Calici