The latest boat show to face postponement due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is Europe’s largest, with Boot Düsseldorf rescheduled to April 17-25

The organisers of the Düsseldorf Boat Show have today announced that Europe’s biggest indoor boat show will be delayed by …Continue reading »

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A Pacific crossing became a dramatic mid-ocean rescue for Peter Nielsen after his yacht collided with a young sperm whale

It’s noon on Sunday, 23 August, and just another day in the life of our small crew sailing across the …Continue reading »

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After an enviable professional sailing career, Eddie Warden Owen has a rare perspective on the world of racing, as Elaine Bunting hears

Whether at the windswept finish of the Rolex Fastnet Race, or in the wood-panelled rooms of the Royal Ocean Racing …Continue reading »

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Andy Schell shares his experiences after spending the summer of 2019 sailing Newfoundland’s rugged fjord coast aboard his Swan 59 Icebear

“Humpback, 300 metres. Hard to port, Tom!” Icebear encountered her first whales in Cabot Strait, the deep passage separating south-western …Continue reading »

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In a race famous for its incredible rescues, last night’s search and safe recovery of Kevin Escoffier by fellow Vendée Globe competitor Jean Le Cam in the South Atlantic is one of the most astonishing

Escoffier was adrift in his liferaft for over 11 hours, some 840 miles south of Cape Town, at night in …Continue reading »

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