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    Best Luxury Yacht 2025: The Ultimate Luxury Cruisers

    Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds new co-owners of Australia’s SailGP team

    Pure 42 first look: Fast, rugged, semi-custom, aluminium yacht

    Delos Explorer 53 first look: The adventure yacht designed for Youtubers

    Everything you need to know about sailing in Bermuda

    World’s Coolest Boats: The 29er dinghy

    Team New Zealand claims it has the ‘right and responsibility to choose the [America’s Cup] venue’ as war of words escalates

    ‘Team New Zealand have sold something they do not own the rights to. This is not acceptable.’ Alinghi issues strong America’s Cup statement

    How to buy an unseen new yacht ‘off-plan’ (and why you might want to)

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    Achieving Your Dream Sailing Lifestyle

    Routing for any sailor on any device – meet Orca

    What Are the Best Floating Docks? How to choose for stability, safety and style

    Jérémie Beyou / Charal

    World’s top sailors choose Musto to tackle the toughest race on water

    5 Expert tips: How to perfect a time on distance sailing start

    What happens when you run aground on a yacht? And what should you do

    America’s Cup: Team New Zealand hits back at ‘unreasonable’ Challengers – and releases draft Protocol

    Frustration boils over in America’s Cup: Challengers demand Team New Zealand restore ‘fair competition’

    Are you ready to take on an ocean crossing? How to refit and maintain a bluewater yacht

    Lagoon 43 review: Will this voluminous new cat be the world’s most popular multihull?

    Kaimana in the water

    Sailing the Pacific: ‘As we sailed away from lush Hanalei Bay, it was so beautiful I actually teared up’

    The America’s Cup is going to Naples, but what will sailing conditions be? We get an insider’s guide 

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    Catamarans and multihulls

    The minimal wetted surface area reduces further when flying a hull.

    New Dragonfly 36: Composite folding wings reduces weight for more speed

    Best catamaran and multihull: The very best yachts on two and three hulls

    The Best Specialist Yachts 2025: Impressive Daysailers and Sportsboats

    Why so many sailors are making the switch to multihulls

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    Sailing across the Atlantic

    Man overboard in ARC: US MRCC calls off active search. Another yacht abandoned in second incident.

    Sailing from Annapolis to Iceland on the viking routes of old

    How to prepare for an Atlantic crossing with the ARC

    What’s the best autopilot kit for a transatlantic?

    The ‘easy’ way to sail across the Atlantic?

    New mutihulls take on an Atlantic crossing

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    Extraordinary Boats

    Extraordinary Boats: JV43 Red 2 – a full-throated racer with an adventurous cruising side

    Extraordinary Boats: The Three Quarter Tonner ‘Impeccable’

    Extraordinary boats: The Mini Globe Race Globe 5.80

    Extraordinary boats: The Cayman 28 ‘a gentleman’s skiff’

    Jaro: Sailing this unique new upwind weapon

    Adela in the water

    Newly restored schooner cruiser-racer Adela: ‘Some of the best sailing of my whole life’

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    Practical Cruising

    Aerial view of boats on a pontoon

    Finding a great yacht deal in 2025: Expert advice on understanding the market

    Your complete guide to using radar on a yacht

    Gorgeous white cliffs with azure sea and the sun beating down

    Cruising in Corsica and Sardinia: gelato, marine reserves, and medieval history

    Palma, Mallorca

    Taking ownership: Advice for overseas gardiennage

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    Boat Tests

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    Allures 40.9 vs Ovni 400: French aluminium centreboarders go head-to-head

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    CNB 66 yacht test: Intoxicating cruiser is a cut above the mainstream

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    Saffier SE37 Lounge test: A veritable supercar of the seas

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    Swan 65 test: The triumphant return of a true sailing icon

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    Most watched videos

    Best family yacht: The best yachts for sailing with the family

    The Hottest Yachts and Trends for 2025

    Solaris 74RS first look: Alluring style with some substance below decks

    WATCH: Will the USA’s Radical America’s Cup Design Choices Pay Off?

    Watch: Is this the boat to end 170 years of British America’s Cup hurt?

    Extraordinary boats: Cape Cod 767 is 25ft of fresh thinking

    Watch: Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli’s America’s Cup Boat Innovations

    Watch: Emirates Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup boat innovations

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    Expert sailing tips

    Jack Bouttell grinding away at a crack at the root of the starboard rudder of 11th Hour Racing Team during the 2022/23 The Ocean Race with crewmates Simon Fisher and Justine Mettraux.

    5 expert tips: Jack Bouttell on repairing your boat mid-ocean

    A yacht at an angle with choppy waves nehind

    An expert guide to safe line handling at sea

    How to berth and anchor a yacht in the Baltic

    How to find the right weather window

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    World's coolest yachts

    Coolest Yachts: The M32 Catamaran

    Coolest Yachts: The Nordic Folkboat

    Alinghi SUI-100

    World’s coolest yachts: Alinghi SUI-100 – ‘The last conventional monohull that raced for the America’s Cup’

    World’s coolest yachts: The Myth of Malham

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    Yachts and gear

    What the M-Class?! AIS Beacons Get a New Rulebook

    PLB vs AIS Beacon – What’s the difference and which one will save you?

    Best personal locator beacons and AIS units: 16 top options for boating

    Looking for the Best Way to Scare Off the Seagulls from Landing and Making a Mess on My Boat? I’m trying every bird scarer this year!

    By multihull designer Nigel Irens in association with Pantaenius

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    Voyaging

    Point of view of a yacht sailing through water

    Jimmy Cornell: ‘Some of my most memorable sailing was due to unforseen detours’

    Exploring Guyana’s mighty Essequibo River by boat

    An aerial shot of a yacht in a tropical sea

    How to sail around the world: Launching an epic adventure

    Swimming with humpback whales

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