Yachting World

Published by TI Media Limited Yachting World is world's leading international yachting magazine. From ocean racing and blue water cruising to the most glamorous super-yachts, Yachting World has the very best in nautical writing and stunning photography, with up-to-the-minute technical reports, race analysis, new boat tests and much more.

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Youngest ever Vendée finisher • NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WORLD OF YACHTING

Ainslie confirmed as Challenger

Ocean Cruising Club Awards

Cammas returns to solo racing

Triple amputee’s solo Pacific bid

Windsurfing fixes its race format

40th ARC welcomes back ‘first-timers’

Women’s Match Tour

Lessons learned from Newport Bermuda rescues

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Yachting World • ESTABLISHED 1894 • VOLUME 176 • ISSUE NO 3400

MATTHEW SHEAHAN • WHAT DO THE CHANGES ON SHOW AT BOOT DÜSSELDORF MEAN FOR THE NEXT YEAR OF YACHTING?

NIKKI HENDERSON • IF YOU COULD TAKE NIGHT WATCHES OUT OF THE OFFSHORE SAILING EQUATION, WOULD YOU ACTUALLY DO IT?

WHALE STRIKES • HOW LIKELY – REALLY – ARE YOU TO COLLIDE WITH A WHALE? WE REPORT ON A NEW APPROACH TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF WHALE STRIKES, PLUS WHAT SAILORS CAN DO

TALLY HO REBORN • TALLY HO’S REMARKABLE REBUILD WAS A SEVEN-YEAR LABOUR OF LOVE THAT CAPTURED A HUGE, LOYAL FOLLOWING. LEO GOOLDEN TELLS HOW HE BROUGHT A 1910 GAFF CUTTER BACK TO LIFE

DOWN NOT OUT • WHEN PIP HARE DISMASTED IN THE 2024 VENDÉE GLOBE HER RACE ENDED – BUT HER STORY DIDN’T. PIP TELLS THE TALE OF HER REMARKABLE 800-MILE SELF RESCUE

MISSION CONTROL • A SCIENTIFIC MISSION TO GREENLAND ON A 90FT SCHOONER WAS A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY FOR JULIEN GIRARDOT

MOODY DS48 • A TWO-DAY CROSS-CHANNEL TEST EXAMINES WHETHER A HEAVY DECK SALOON DESIGNED FOR SINGLE-LEVEL LIVING CAN ALSO OFFER ENGAGING SAILING

NEW GEAR • DECK HARDWARE & WIDESCREEN PLOTTERS EVALUATED BY RUPERT HOLMES

NEW YACHTS • FIRST LOOK AT SOME OF THE HEADLINE NEW PREMIERES AT BOOT DÜSSELDORF

RARE CHANCES

WHAT’S HOT • SVELTE NEW FAST CRUISERS LAUNCHED AND PLANNED. SAM FORTESCUE REPORTS

WALLY WONDER • WALLYWIND 110 IS THE ‘BEST EVER’ ACCORDING TO THE BRAND’S FOUNDER – AND FROM ON BOARD YOU REALISE WHY HE WOULD SAY SUCH A THING. TOBY HODGES SAILS GALMA OFF BARCELONA

WILD AT HEART • THE OWNER OF THE ELEGANT 210FT SCHOONER ATHOS OPTED FOR A TRUE AWAY-FROM-IT-ALL ADVENTURE, EXPLORING REMOTE BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ITS INCREDIBLE WILDLIFE

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IDIOTIC WORLD • SAILING A HOME BUILT 30FT KETCH AROUND CAPE HORN AS THE BAROMETER DROPS, PETE HOGAN WAS TWICE KNOCKED DOWN

PRACTICAL • JV43 RACER-CRUISER RED 2 • HOLDING AN UPWIND LANE • BUYING A BARGAIN

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS • ELAINE BUNTING ON THE JV43 RED 2

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5 EXPERT TIPS • HENRY WETHERELL ON HOLDING AN UPWIND LANE

TAKING OWNERSHIP • WILL BRUTON ON FINDING A BARGAIN YACHT

WORLD’S COOLEST YACHTS • WE ASK TOP SAILORS AND MARINE INDUSTRY GURUS TO CHOOSE THE COOLEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE YACHTS OF OUR TIMES