Three hours on the start line of a yacht race and then walking in Storm Bert gave me the chance to really test the warmth and ...

How do you equip a small yacht for your first ocean voyage, especially with few crew or sailing single-handed? Jester ...

I have been testing the Zhik Seaboot 400 while sailing during the summer and then took them to France for the start line of ...

A knockdown wave inflated the crew's lifejackets and broke the skipper's leg as they tried to rescue a man overboard in 3-4m ...

Wind vane self-steering gear is famously rugged, famously fiddly, and really intimidating when you first look at one, writes Dena Hankins and James Lane. It requires little maintenance—mostly a rinse ...

With her rudder back in action, Christina continued to sail towards Cape Verde, a scheduled stop on the ARC+ rally. Frenesi’s ...

Sailing in fog is one of the things sailors most fear – but circumstances mean it often can’t be avoided. Sticky Stapylton ...

4. I decided to epoxy the supports to the duck boards, clamping them with screws capped with teak plugs. Screwing from the ...

With a half-empty liquid filled compass and no obvious sign of a leak, Norman Eastwood decided it was time to do something ...

Paris Olympic gold medallist Marit Bouwmeester, and the Olympic and SailGP champion duo of Diego Botin and Florian Trittel ...

You’ve made a pilotage plan: now’s the time to put it to the test. Sticky Stapylton explains pilotage techniques that’ll keep ...