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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Yachting World

MATTHEW SHEAHAN • DECLINING REGATTA ENTRIES, EMPTY BEER TENTS… IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY, AS AN ENJOYABLE FEW WEEKS IN THE SOLENT PROVES

NIKKI HENDERSON • DO YOU HAVE TO BE CONSTANTLY UPBEAT TO BE A ‘GOOD’ SKIPPER? AND WHAT IF YOU’RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT?

10 CAT SKILLS • NIKKI HENDERSON ON THE ESSENTIAL MULTIHULL SKILLS YOU SHOULDN’T SET OFF WITHOUT

YOUTH SQUAD • A 5,000-MILE PASSAGE FROM URUGUAY TO TRINIDAD WITH HER SIX CHILDREN WAS A VOYAGE TO SAVOUR FOR SOMIRA SAO

CHASING HOUND • THE 2025 TRANSATLANTIC RACE ON THE ICONIC 1970S SLOOP HOUND WAS A TONIC FOR CONRAD HUMPHREYS

FACING FEAR • HAVING BEEN GIVEN JUST MONTHS TO LIVE, JAZZ TURNER SAILED A SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION AROUND BRITAIN. SHE TALKS TO HELEN FRETTER

PROBABLY THE BEST FUN EVER… • We brace as the next gust bends off the land, corrugating the water a darker shade. I bear away as it hits, the Dragonfly reacting instantly, fizzing with potency as the log’s needle flicks up to the 20-knot mark. This, all while steering with one hand and filming it on my phone with the other. I later look at the footage, several times: no one moves or wrestles with sheets, rather the four of us are joking or simply grinning with sheer joy. Simply put, this yacht sets a new bar for sailing fun.

DOUBLE VISION • THESE FOUNTAINE PAJOT 41 AND 44 SISTERSHIPS SHARE DNA AND DESIGN INTENT, SO WHAT DOES AN EXTRA 3FT IN LENGTH DELIVER? AND HOW MUCH BETTER ARE THEY THAN EARLIER MODELS?

NEW YACHTS • SHOW SEASON SPECIAL: TOBY HODGES ON HOT NEW AUTUMN LAUNCHES

HIGH PERFORMANCE AUTOPILOTS • Autopilot technology is evolving at a rapid pace, with the best of today’s units offering exceptional performance, both for racing and cruising. Rupert Holmes reports

SPECIAL REPORT • HELEN FRETTER ON OFFSHORE MEDICINE

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS • TOBY HODGES REPORTS ON THE OUT-THE-BOX THINKING, INFLATABLE WINGSAIL MODX

5 EXPERT TIPS • PETE CUMMING ON RUNNING A WATCH

TAKING OWNERSHIP • WILL BRUTON ON BUYING A YACHT FOR £100,000-£250,000

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