Matthew sheahan

NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WORLD OF YACHTING

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.

Many years back as a young journalist I was invited to a press conference at a hotel complex where the smooth-talking owner presented an exciting plan to build a series of ‘Eco Pods’ on the land behin

TOBY HODGES REPORTS ON THE OUT-THE-BOX THINKING, INFLATABLE WINGSAIL MODX

Once you’ve won an Olympic gold medal and earned your way through to the big league, why would you ever go back to race against the weekend warriors? If you win, well that’s because you’re a full-time

Rupert Holmes looks at one of the most desirable cruising yachts of the Sadler era, as well as some alternative boats