Matthew sheahan

NEWS AND VIEWS FROM THE WORLD OF YACHTING

Aside from the on the water action at the SailGP, which is always guaranteed to be uber exciting, it was the sight of the mind-boggling 20,000 ticketed fans who attended the two-day event, as well as

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

The second edition of The Ocean Race Europe will start on 10 August from Kiel, Germany. Seven crews sailing their foiling IMOCA60s will embark on a 4,500nm race, linking seven countries in six weeks u

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.

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