For inland sailors, the annual pilgrimage to the class championships usually means more than just sand, salt water, and ice creams — it can also bring big seas! Mark Rushall solves some common ...

Like a fine wine, the Hadron H2 is a dinghy that has matured over time. David Henshall tests its latest iteration Where better to run the boat test for the new Keith Callaghan-designed H2 singlehander ...

Hamble man Chris Warwick has done the race “er…14, maybe 15 times?”. He’s done it as a family, with wife Mel and their two children on a Dufour cruising yacht, and he’s done it with two elite racers, ...

With big summer races such as the Round the Island approaching we speak to pro navigator, meteorologist and sailor Wouter Verbraak about his top tips on understanding the behaviour of winds for ...

This year’s Round the Island Race once again promises to be a #RaceForAll, as Georgie Corlett-Pitt discovered when she chatted to the skippers of three very different boats… Taking place on Saturday 1 ...

The 2022 SailGP event held in Plymouth, Devon, welcomed HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, pictured here celebrating here with the Great Britain SailGP Team after helping Ben Ainslie and crew win a special ...

Tom Cunliffe writes every month in Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting magazine. His latest column follows the recent announcement by the UKHO that it will be phasing out paper chart production.

A gust is a strong, short burst of air which can be quite complex, varying in strength, direction and position. Gusts can be spotted as darker ruffled patches of water, often move down the race course ...

Mark Rushall takes a look at two unconventional port tack starts and analyses why they worked for the sailors. Mention starting on port tack to almost any sailor and they will usually go misty eyed ...

It’s fraught, frantic and you’ve got to fight for it – but using the windward boat rule wisely on the startline can ensure you lead from the off. Mark Rushall breaks things down It’s entirely your ...

Emirates Team New Zealand: The Kiwis have performed consistently in the Practice Racing in Barcelona with a tight-knit team that trust in their process. Seemingly preferring mid-line starts and then ...

For our RS Aero test we were rewarded with a delightful 8-16 knots breeze, and the first three brand new production boats from RS, in order to show off each rig. We lined up four test pilots of ...