In praise of plywood

Material science and clever sailmaking have combined to chip away at the difference between cruising and racing sails. A new breed of crossover sails are being marketed for the first time at performan

You don’t have to be loaded to get into boating as Glen Stanford discovered after a chance encounter with a boat-owning colleague

When Ozzie’s ‘Collie nose’ diagnosis scuppered his dinghy sailing days, Gary Hardy built a kit cuddy boat to get his crew back afloat

None of us plans to be caught in a gale, but if it happens then both the boat and the crew must cope. Jake Kavanagh speaks to Jester Challenge skippers and asks how they get ready for stormy weather

Hallberg-Rassy 42E | Scanmar 40 | Westerly Oceanlord | Bowman 40 Contest 42 | Nicholson 39 | Moody 425 | Amel Sharki

The Melges 15 Reichel/ Pugh-designed performance one-design, which was launched in 2021 and won Sailing World’s Boat of the Year in 2022, is now one of the most successful classes in the USA with over