Confined to quarters during the pandemic, many sailors are itching to slip their lines and sail for the sun. Elaine Bunting explains exactly how to break free and sail across…
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From dream to reality – Editor’s letter March 2021
Daydreaming is about as close as most of us are getting to sailing at the moment, but now is the moment to start planning to make them come true. Theo…
OSTAR & TWOSTAR to go ahead in 2021
Organisers of the OSTAR and TWOSTAR have confirmed the transatlantic races will go ahead as planned in May 2021
Mervyn Wheatley: One last adventure
Mervyn Wheatley looks ahead to his sixth OSTAR, now re-scheduled to take place in 2022, and ponders the changes in sailing through his decades-long career
Are whales really a threat to cruisers?
With reports of orcas ‘attacking’ yachts off the Spanish coast, Katy Stickland investigates what may be driving the whales’ behaviour and what steps cruisers can take to avoid an encounter
‘I was rescued at sea 13 times, but this was the worst experience by far’
Veteran power and sailing yachtsman Dag Pike reflects on his multiple experiences of being saved offshore
Golden Globe Race: Azores rendezvous for Tapio Lehtinen
With just over a 1,000 miles left until he finishes his Golden Globe Race, skipper Tapio Lehtinen has rendezvoused at sea with a team from the self-steering firm, Windpilot
Golden Globe Race: Tapio Lehtinen crosses the equator
Tapio Lehtinen, the last Golden Globe Race skipper still sailing, has finally crossed the equator as he continues his circumnavigation back to France
“We watched as the mast and sails fell into the water”
Alejandro Perez describes the moment when ARC yacht Garuda was dismasted 600 miles from land
Golden Globe Race: Istvan Kopar expected to finish on 21 March
Golden Globe Race skipper Istvan Kopar is now within 250 miles of the finish line at Les Sables d'Olonne in France but is still being plagued by steering issues