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War correspondent Charlie Faulkner narrates her journey across Biscay The windvane jolted and Moonshot lurched to the west and off course. My heart raced, I felt panic rising through me. “Was this a dreaded Orca attack?” I thought, as...
Latest launches in the world of multihulls
A look at collision avoidance technology Machines are not yet allowed to stand watch on boats, whether a daysailer or a supertanker. But machine learning is still helping to shape the tools that humans use. Artificial intelligence (AI)...
The latest in Jeanneau’s Sun Odyssey range of cruising yachts Stagflation. It’s not a pretty word but it seems to capture not just an economic reality but the very sound of the word is deeply evocative and also a general mood that has...
A look at an unlikely pioneer of yacht cruising; author and adventurer Jack London The concept of fitting out a yacht for bluewater sailing and heading out on a round the world cruise seems almost humdrum these days, but when Jack London...
The story of a race around the world in 19’ home made pywood boats Plywood hulls barely 19ft long, built and raced by amateur sailors on a route stretching some 28,000nm around the planet… On paper, the Mini Globe Race seems an improbable stunt,...