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And I mean that literally. Some boats have motored solidly for over a week
11 December 2008
The Vendée Globe's number one superstar dismasting is a sad day for the media
10 December 2008
If solo sailors are so in tune with the sea, how come they don't seem to recognise any of their fellow travellers?
8 December 2008
Out with the old and in with the new at Yachting Monthly???
3 December 2008
Alex Thomson sounded less upset yesterday than after the fishing boat collision. Is this why?
14 November 2008
Repairing damage to the giant trimaran Groupama 3 amounts to most of a new build
11 November 2008
Hugo Boss might be repairable, but do the cracks go deeper?
11 November 2008
Solo sailor Bernard Stamm had AIS track data on the ship he hit last night
10 November 2008
A mad scramble under a tent of tarpaulins to get the solo skipper back out to sea
10 November 2008
Look at the span of these two massive wingrigs
9 November 2008
Ellen admits to a feeling of envy at the Vendée Globe and hints she'll be back
8 November 2008
Vendée Globe skipper Steve White turns down the chance of a historic world first
8 November 2008
His new charge makes solo sailing unthinkable - for now
7 November 2008
Last minute problems and worries for Alex Thomson
6 November 2008
Is the old-fashioned idea of genoa skirting wheels running amok in the Vendée fleet?
6 November 2008
The word is that the dark horse of the race has Mich Desjoyeaux worried
6 November 2008
Almost half a million visitors have come to see the Vendée Globe boats - it's the human stories that are the draw
6 November 2008
Quite a sight as 1,900 yachts start the Barcolana Race
13 October 2008
See the big French trimaran foiler chasing a new outright speed record
13 October 2008
The super-rich are feeling a lot less rich this week. What's the fall out for superyachts?
10 October 2008
What could possibly tempt top professional sailors to join a round the world race?
9 October 2008
A good new idea for ocean races is given an improved twist
9 October 2008
Extreme windsurfing: the perfect way to train for a round the world race?
7 October 2008
Vendée Globe solo sailor gets spectacular send-off
7 October 2008
Two teenagers aiming to sail alone round the world - but different records
7 October 2008
Mike Perham, 16, has a steep learning curve ahead to go round the world non-stop on his own in November
18 September 2008
Cheers for a memorable award
15 September 2008
An absence of croissants and BOGOF puddles: was Friday a gloomy financial forecast?
15 September 2008
...and it's time to revive the wilting blog
15 September 2008
Why lucky knickers are all the rage
7 August 2008
The super-powerful but ill-fated new Pindar finally shows what she can do by winning her comeback race
7 August 2008
A Southern Ocean voyage that puts modern races in the shade is in the offing
6 June 2008
After Antigua Sailing Week - deserted!
6 June 2008
Why reviving the Atlantic 'powered' record is a step backwards and nothing to boast about
4 June 2008
Loick Peyron likes to play Purcell and Handel's Messiah at sea - to warn off whales
4 June 2008
Giovanni Soldini's dominance of the Class 40 fleet of the Artemis Transat make it a superb showcase
28 May 2008
Going slower is harder work, reveals Loick Peyron, grand master of solo sailing
27 May 2008
Can't something be done to prevent yachts injuring and killing marine creatures?
23 May 2008
The number of yacht collisions with whales could make a catalogue - like this one
22 May 2008
Are unsually light winds the cause of so many marine wildlife sightings?
22 May 2008
Why marine mammals being run down by yachts is a tragedy
22 May 2008
Keel bulb is embedded in side of whale
21 May 2008
Solo sailor Vincent Riou's violent encounter with a basking shark
21 May 2008
Why bashing hard to windward with a broken rib might be worthwhile training
19 May 2008
Is this the most startling spinnaker logo ever?
15 May 2008
An imminent transatlantic arrival sees Phil Sharp dreaming of fine dining
14 May 2008
Solo skippers' debate about how to limit the power of Open 60s is set to change face of this class
12 May 2008
How a 36-hour position report blackout in the Artemis Transat will up the ante
9 May 2008
A great shot of the three boats that make up BT Team Ellen
8 May 2008
How Mark Turner and Ellen MacArthur's team brought a touch of the Med to Plymouth
8 May 2008
Why sailing Dee Caffari's new Open 60 Aviva shows the beauty of racing these beasts
8 May 2008
Some of Britain's best-known adventurers and sailors launch Champagne G. H. Mumm's Cordon Rouge Club
1 May 2008
What else could Lord Laidlaw, owner of Highland Fling, have called his yacht?
30 April 2008
Why racing a 10ft boat round the world isn't as mad as it seems - apparently
30 April 2008
It's Keisha, Mutya, Heidi and...er...Ellen
29 April 2008
Just how crazy would you have to be to race round the world in a 10ft boat?
15 April 2008
Run and race along the Northumberland coast, with a dash of rum. How good does that sound?
8 April 2008
The new all-British Open 60 with the right pedigree but no solo racing track record - yet
8 April 2008
A fat bottomed lady holds up the traffic in the New Forest
8 April 2008
Check out these motorboat style lifting strakes on Vincent Riou's PRB
4 April 2008
Alinghi's crew suffered a bloody nose - literally. It shows that catching up in the multihull world is a risky game
4 April 2008
More on the controversy of abandoning a boat that was later safely salvaged
3 April 2008
Maltese Falcon is up for sale, less than two years after the superyacht's launch
2 April 2008
This disclaimer came with a press release. And, no, it's not a joke
1 April 2008
Are examples of survival at sea to be cherished?
21 March 2008
When is the right time to leave your boat?
18 March 2008
Another one bites the dust
17 March 2008
Shiny new shoes...
17 March 2008
Check out this photo montage of a foiler Moth gybing at 16 knots
17 March 2008
A yacht abandoned mid-Atlantic in December due to risk of dismasting is salvaged in the Caribbean with her rig still standing
14 March 2008
Does a new book really need this amount of packaging?
12 March 2008
A design idea for manufacturers of upmarket yachts?
11 March 2008
Goss's replica Mount Bay lugger, currently in build, is about to weather her first storm
10 March 2008
Atlantic storm is whipping up monster waves SW of Ireland
10 March 2008
Could moves to make compulsory tracking of visiting yachts be a sign of things to come?
5 March 2008
Norwegian sailor get top job - no surprise there
18 February 2008
Franck Cammas and crew were incredibly lucky their boat failed where it did
18 February 2008
How waves crack and move a carbon hulll
15 February 2008
Here's the written manifesto that won the Barcelona World Race
15 February 2008
What 28,000 miles of racing does to the body
15 February 2008
Which is longer: the Barcelona World Race or the Vendée Globe?
15 February 2008
A clue that the post of chief executive of the Volvo Ocean Race has been filled, and the word is...
15 February 2008
The Hugo Boss boys make a dapper arrival in Barcelona
14 February 2008
Why Alex Thomson may be the biggest winner in this round the world race
12 February 2008
These photos show the devastation of an engine room blaze
11 February 2008
How much faster can man sail round the world on the wind?
29 January 2008
The rescue of a fisherman adrift for 20 days illustrates the careful watch that only yachtsmen keep
28 January 2008
An interesting race course for a day boat designed to fit in a 40ft container
23 January 2008
How a cross-Channel ferry avoids collisions
22 January 2008
French company plans the new 'ultimate solo round the world race' - in multihulls
21 January 2008
Joyon's trimaran is all about simplicity and economy - right down to these details
20 January 2008
Francis Joyon's outstanding new solo record has reignited a few sailors' ambitions
20 January 2008
India stopover confirmed, the Middle East is out and who's taking over from Glenn Bourke?
18 January 2008
...from a kitchen window
17 January 2008
A couple were viciously attacked while at anchor during their Caribbean charter
17 January 2008
I take my hat off to Peter Passano, the 77-year-old US sailor who has won a top cruising award
16 January 2008
Raymarine/YJA Yachtsman of the Year and Young Sailor of the Year are deserving winners
15 January 2008
Don't look at Ellen's record for a measure of Joyon's achievement - look at the fully crewed records
14 January 2008
Could these two characters possibly be related?
10 January 2008
...and better, says the author of this book
10 January 2008
The government's E-Borders scheme could mean the monitoring of crew making international voyages
9 January 2008
How a cockerel joke was disallowed, amazingly enough
9 January 2008
Bullimore's solo record is surely scuppered, and why we should remember this day 10 years ago
9 January 2008
Francis Joyon experiences a severe pain in the behind
8 January 2008
Some solutions to minimise the dangers of the man-killer tool
8 January 2008
Get on the coloured specs for this new boat
8 January 2008
Builders but no bottom to the Boat Show
7 January 2008
See how the bow fell off Thomas Coville's giant tri
7 January 2008
One dismasting that nearly led to a rescue
7 January 2008
Could they perhaps be related?
4 January 2008
Or so they say...
4 January 2008
A story about 'bargain' marina prices. Don't make me laugh
3 January 2008
More on how to cut your rig away after a dismasting
2 January 2008
All set for the Vendée Globe, corrects Mike Golding
2 January 2008
New Year sailing news that is no surprise
2 January 2008
A completely gratuitous post about women's breasts
20 December 2007
Lots of new boats around, many of them still not qualified to race
20 December 2007
At least five new Open 60s are not yet qualified for the Vendée. But a way will be found...
20 December 2007
After being dismasted, Dee Caffari spoke to me earlier
19 December 2007
Volvo Ocean Race chief exec resigns and Team Origin scales down. Do I hear musical chairs?
19 December 2007
Do you carry bolt croppers. And are you sure they'll worK? We tested some
19 December 2007
The catamaran crew who were holed and rescued in the Atlantic
19 December 2007
..on the ARC this year
17 December 2007
This photo appears to show a yacht abandoned in haste
17 December 2007
Dee Caffari rustles up a report even though she can't manage to sleep or eat
9 December 2007
It's all damage, disaster and problems out there by the sound of it
8 December 2007
Pete Kyne, his 17-year-old son, and one other crew rescued after his catamaran is holed
8 December 2007
Barcelona World Race favourites are out, and what's going on with these wingmast failures?
8 December 2007
Video of Hugo Boss tanking along is a notable exception among lots of grainy talking heads
8 December 2007
Chucking it down in Sydney Harbour
8 December 2007
Alex Thomson is fast, but can he and Capey hold the Hugo Boss beast back?
8 December 2007
Are press reports from the solo races killing the golden goose?
6 December 2007
Strange case of the missing schooner that's not missing
6 December 2007
Dismasted Open 60 faces 400 miles motoring into the tradewinds with a 40hp engine
6 December 2007
A search is on for a missing schooner in the Pacific
5 December 2007
A taste of the wisdom of Team New Zealand design co-ordinator Andy Claughton
5 December 2007
Mixed metaphors and mixed fortunes in the Doldrums
5 December 2007
You can buy anything in Salcombe, so long as you wear it
4 December 2007
Find out where this Sunsail yacht hit a reef
4 December 2007
Inevitably, an ARC yacht nearly ran into the abandoned Westerly Corsair
4 December 2007
The moral and practical argument in favour of scuttling a yacht
4 December 2007
The wingmast machine is getting closer to the 50-knot barrier - and so are others
4 December 2007
Over 20,000 illegal immigrants came to the Canaries last year and yachtsmen are being put on the alert
2 December 2007
ARC rescue raises some interesting questions
2 December 2007
Two yachtsmen rescued from a liferaft by ARC crew - and other dramas
2 December 2007
A year after deciding he'd like to sample short-handed racing, Peter Harding is celebrating a great result
30 November 2007
Are your pants preserving your skin's natural pH?
30 November 2007
Pictures of a charter yacht that ran up on a reef and started sinking
29 November 2007
The America's Cup has become a dinner party bore droning on endlessly
28 November 2007
The legacy of a amazing sportsman and pioneer
28 November 2007
What are the chances of a yacht being spotted on radar?
28 November 2007
Why liveaboard cruising is a tricky term to interpret
28 November 2007
Why the ship that ran down this yacht might not have noticed a thing
27 November 2007
I have a little plan to do the ARC in a week - or less
26 November 2007
Blast off for solo sailor on his bid to beat Ellen's record
26 November 2007
Who's the hero of the Southern Oceans?
26 November 2007
Crew escape as their yacht is hit amidships by a freighter - take a look at this pic!
25 November 2007
Mark Matthews is back in the ARC in the yacht he had to abandon in the Atlantic in 2005
24 November 2007
A yacht with a history of bright ideas, failed dreams, disability and debt has a new crew
24 November 2007
More on the controversial award-winning sun lounger
23 November 2007
If Francis Joyon beats Ellen's round the world record, he'll do it powered only by wind and sun
23 November 2007
Tony Bullimore on how it's heroic to be rescued
22 November 2007
The marine industry's top gear design award went to a chaise longue - what a disgrace
22 November 2007
The sailor who has put tragedy behind him to do the ARC again
21 November 2007
Who needs a big fancy yacht to sail across the Atlantic. Meet the 23-year-olds setting off in a Folkboat
21 November 2007
After a seven year gap from Open 60s, Michel Desjoyeaux is showing how it's done
21 November 2007
A record ARC fleet is looking at a fast start and some cracking tradewinds
19 November 2007
Dark times in the Doldrums for Aviva and a resolution to stop 'zigzagging'
18 November 2007
Think of a number, any number. Double it. Then call it your blog audience
16 November 2007
More from the debate on whether to pull the plug if you have to abandon
16 November 2007
Why the 60ft trimarans were their own worst enemies
16 November 2007
A mysterious incident tore off the whole main hull bow of trimaran Banque Populaire
15 November 2007
Valise liferafts are vulnerable to punctures - and more from the raft debate
15 November 2007
Exactly what is the point of video conferencing?
14 November 2007
Want better. lighter sails? Take your sailmaker along for the hard work...
13 November 2007
How did a yacht abandoned on the ARC end up foundering 1,200 miles north?
13 November 2007
Could anyone lose their life again on an ocean race? Yes, and it could be this easy...
12 November 2007
As the rock stars wake up to Open 60s, the under-rated Mike Golding shows once again how it's done
12 November 2007
How about this for a totally mad skipper's presentation?
10 November 2007
The favourite for the Barcelona World Race insists he is not feeling under pressure
10 November 2007
Have a look at Alex Thomson's very, very strange Hugo Boss promo video
10 November 2007
Or should we be asking the pairs of skippers 'who will fight?' on the Barcelona World Race?
9 November 2007
At last sponsors can see America's Cup style come to ocean racing
9 November 2007
Find out how Dee Caffari rates one of the most important bits of safety kit this (or last) decade
7 November 2007
The tightrope walker has slipped back but the British newcomers are looking flash
7 November 2007
Why weather decisions right now could be the turning point of the race
7 November 2007
Pindar's 'international rescue ship' to go to the boys on dismasted Artemis?
7 November 2007
The Pindar girls scream to avoid a crashing visit in the TJV
6 November 2007
The yacht designer with the mostest right now
6 November 2007
They saved the innovative OSTAR proa from 1968 - and she's still sailing
6 November 2007
Is the emergency kit in a liferaft really up to saving your life? You don't sound optimistic
5 November 2007
Ridiculously tricked out with every go faster gadget and way faster than the wind
4 November 2007
The Open 60s are deserting this great race, and the Class 40 is set to take over
3 November 2007
A lucky break for Golding as he leads the British charge in the Transat Jacques Vabre?
3 November 2007
Mike Birch celebrates his 76th birthday - as he gets ready to race in the two-handed Transat Jacques Vabre
1 November 2007
The couple rescued after their keel fell off - and the liferaft kit that could have left them for dead
30 October 2007
A 52ft canting keeler round the world one-design for the fixed budget SolOceans race
29 October 2007
...and a bit. Pete Raymer is clearly a legend
29 October 2007
Celebrations for British ocean sailor's greatest supporter
29 October 2007
Two young newcomers cause a stir at the Transat Jacques Vabre
28 October 2007
