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Our speed over ground aboard Polaris reads 16kts. It’s midnight and the black, star-studded sky jigs around overhead. I’m tethered to the helm, watching our instruments like a hawk as I bear away to t

NIKKI HENDERSON ON THE ESSENTIAL MULTIHULL SKILLS YOU SHOULDN’T SET OFF WITHOUT

Back in the 1970s multihull saillors were generally a pretty esoteric lot. It didn’t help that Donald Crowhurst ushered in the new decade with his tragic exploits in his Teignmouth Electron trimaran.

From spending time with Arctic communities to visiting remote Polynesian islands, we pick 21 expedition cruises that offer a different angle on the world…

NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WORLD OF YACHTING

Most online pundits are wrong and you don’t need a long keel to go offshore, reckons Mike Morgan