Memorable Moments: Inside the 2025 Mediterranean Yacht Charter Season

As the Mediterranean season winds down, patterns emerge that tell the story of a market in motion: traditional hotspots holding strong, quieter regions rising to prominence and evolving yacht demands, plus the ever-important role of crews who have been delivering moments that reminded us why the Mediterranean remains the beating heart of global yacht chartering….

Everything you need to know about 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 It’s 0230 in the morning and we’re sailing close-hauled mid-Channel with the breeze gusting to 30 knots. In the strongest puffs our heading feathers up a little into the wind…

MODX: An electric 70ft catamaran with inflatable wingsails!

The MODX is a 70ft catamaran with fully automated twin inflatable rotating wingsails set on telescopic retractable masts and powered by electric motors with variable pitch, hydrogenerating propellers. Every now and again something really different comes along, and this was one of those concepts you don’t think will come to reality. I say that, having…