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This Prime Day, Helly Hansen are offering a significant discount on a smart and lightweight gilet for keeping you at the right temperature on the water. This Prime Day Helly Hansen gilet is on sale for a considerable discount. In the Prime Day Helly Hansen sale, we’ve found a corker for keeping your body comfortable…
This Prime Day, one of our editor’s top picks for a cooler for boating is on sale for just over a hundred pounds. Snatch one before Friday to get 27% off the usual price. As we head towards a piping hot August, it’s a good idea to start thinking about how you can keep yourself…
A summer cruising where the wind takes them brought one final surprise for Richard and Maxi Thomson The wind was dying with the light after a lively passage down the western Peloponnese, but a lumpy sea remained. As we sloshed around in the swell, my wife Maxi and I easily made the decision to fire…
Ares Yachts of Antalya, Turkey, has officially launched sailing yacht SIMENA, marking its bold first venture into the 60+ metre sailing yacht arena. Measuring in at 62 metres, this steel-and-carbon composite ketch recently hit the water, joining the ranks of the globe’s top 25 longest sailing superyachts. Luxury yacht SIMENA launches Designed by Taka Yacht…
This summer, embark on an unforgettable East Coast yachting experience aboard the 123-foot luxury motor yacht INVICTUS, a striking Palmer Johnson build with a 2019 refit. Based in Newport, Rhode Island, this charter yacht is now available for an exclusive offer: enjoy 8 nights for the price of 7 at a rate of $80,000. Accommodating…
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Fastnet Race. Yet every edition still throws up some surprises. To avoid being caught out, what can every crew do to prepare? Summer came early this year, with much of northern Europe basking under stable, warm conditions throughout April and May that brought predictably light winds and…
America’s Cup helmsman Peter Burling joins SVR-Lazartigue for Rolex Fastnet Race, while Franck Cammas switches Ultim teams When it was announced that three-times Kiwi America’s Cup helmsman Peter Burling had not re-signed with Emirates Team New Zealand, a lot of people wondered what he was going to do instead. News last month that he was…
The world of superyachting witnessed a truly special moment on June 27, 2025, when German shipyard Lürssen launched its magnificent 134.2-meter mega yacht Deep Blue. This wasn’t just any ordinary launch—it was a celebration that perfectly intertwined maritime craftsmanship with historic significance, marking the shipyard’s remarkable 150th anniversary. Lurssen superyacht DEEP BLUE – Photo DrDuu A…
The new Y6 is a Bill Tripp design that can be sailed without crew onboard and showcases sleek lines. Over the past decade Y Yachts’ range of 70 to 90-footers has stood out from the pack in an increasingly crowded market place. These semi-custom lightweight carbon fibre yachts offer a level of simplicity, along with…
You want a top end handheld VHF radio but can’t decide which would be best? I’ve tested and used longterm the Standard Horizon and Icom top of the range marine handheld radios and I love them both, but for different reasons. If you are undecided, then let me share some of my experience with you…
