Yachters World

These five young friends bought a boat on their own dime to sail around the world. Find out what it’s like onboard an all-girl boat, what they’ve learned so far, and how they jumped headfirst into the adventure of a lifetime Photo by Fatudiva What if instead of going straight into a course or a…

For many first-time transatlantic sailors, provisioning is one of the most daunting jobs. But it doesn’t have to be, as Helen Fretter finds out at the ARC rally Napoleon is credited for first decreeing that an army marches on its stomach, but it’s a fair bet that many a ship’s captain had already worked out…

Tom Slingsby, Glenn Ashby and Grant Simmer will head up the WInning’s Team Australia challenge. Crosbie Lorimer reports from their America’s Cup team unveiling Nestling snugly amongst some of Sydney’s most desirable real estate on the shoreline of the exclusive Point Piper headland, the Royal Prince Edward Yacht Club – invitation only, membership 500 –…

We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. This month Bruce Jacobs nominates the Pogo 44 “Cool to me means super tough, go-anywhere, probably slightly utilitarian but still fast, comfortable and fun,” says Jacobs. “The first time I saw a Pogo 44 I fell…

A return to America’s Cup racing for Australia – the country that ended 132 years of US America’s Cup dominance – has long been mooted by never materialised. Until now The rumours that have swirled around the sailing community for months, that there would once again be an Australian entrant to the America’s Cup, seem…

Andy Rice explains the latest technology that could make yacht racing smarter, easier, and less reliant on volunteers Visual sighting the line to call boats OCS is automated. Photo: Paul Todd/outsideimages.com/NYYC We’re all time poor. The word ‘pastime’ is barely still in modern usage, because we simply don’t need ways of passing the time –…

From Red Sea pirates to North Pacific hurricanes, the “safe” choice is rarely a straight line. It’s all a gamble—not just sailing says Nikki Henderson View from the cockpit in heavy seas aboard London Clipper. Photo: Ian Dickens I have to confess, I’m very resistant to the daily news drip-feed. The constant drama is overwhelming….

We caught up with three liveaboard cruisers starting their families afloat to find out what happens when motherhood meets marine adventure David Espejo via Getty Images ‘I’m just baby wrangling,’ Sara Kulins laughs over the phone as her daughter coos in the background. ‘She’s trying to chime in the conversation.’ For Kulins, the nursery isn’t…

Sailing from Chile to Polynesia’s legendary shores was an adventure across the less travelled routes of the Pacific for Lauric Thiault The Río Valdivia was glassy when we slipped our lines, the Chilean shores still wrapped in morning mist. For a moment it felt as though our crossing might actually begin gently. Within hours that…

Ted Turner has passed away at age 87. The CNN founder was also an America’s Cup victor, a four-time winner of the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year award, and a colourful character in American yacht racing Ted Turner aboard his yacht ‘Courageous’ in dock at Newport, Rhode Island, August 31st 1977. Credit: UPI / Bettmann…