Skip Novak wins cruising award
Author of our Storm Sailing series wins award for encouraging adventure cruising
View ArticleEmirates Team New Zealand go Extreme
Kiwis take the Extreme 40 fleet to 10 as AC teams descend on the Extreme Sailing Series
View ArticleVolvo Ocean Race: US/Turkey Team Announced
Team Alvimedica is the latest to join the Volvo Ocean Race bringing the fleet to five
View ArticleStorm Brigid on the way
Look who's arriving this weekend. Yes, it's another nasty weather bomb
View ArticleGBR Medal Haul in Miami
Five golds, one silver and five bronze medals for British team at Miami Olympic classes regatta
View ArticleJeanne Socrates awarded Blue Water Medal
After three solo circumnavigations, the indomitable yachtswoman joins a pantheon of greats
View ArticleWhat Makes a Foiling A-Class Tick?
If you watch just one online video today and want to see how and why foiling is rapidly coming towards us, watch this one
View ArticleOn Exercise with RNLI
Video taster as I joined Falmouth RNLI on exercise in 50kts+ of wind
View ArticleWhat is it about sailing that makes us write of passage?
Could it be the last place left for pioneering spirits ?
View ArticleHilary Lister Takes on Indian Ocean
Quadriplegic sailor Hilary Lister sets off today from Mumbai to sail 800miles to Oman
View ArticleCapsized by a breaking wave
Dramatic video illustration of how a relatively small breaking wave can capsize a yacht
View ArticleSailing with Hilary Lister
I joined the quadriplegic sailor and her team for a sail hours after their outstanding trans ocean trip
View ArticleA fond farewell to David Glenn
As the Editor retires, he looks back at the milestones of his time at YW
View ArticleRS Aero – A Game Changer?
Lighter than most people's launching trolleys, RS' new single hander could prove to be a game changer – I found out why
View ArticleInside Falmouth Coastguard
A tour of the ops room of one of the busiest rescue co-ordination centres in the world
View ArticleCheeki Rafiki: New Search Information
As the search resumes, more information has become available on where the missing yachtsmen may be
View ArticleCheeki Rafiki: Liferaft Found Unused
US Navy finds the boat and Coast Guard confirms worst fears shortly after the search is called off
View ArticleAinslie Announces Cup Team
Sir Ben Ainslie has officially launched his campaign and revealed the key players in his British challenge for the 35th America's Cup
View ArticleDavid Thomas Reflects - Video
Considered by many to be the 'Pied Piper' of yacht designers, David Thomas talks to Matthew Sheahan about his long and successful career
View ArticleAC35 Artemis Racing: Views on the Cup
Team principal Torbjörn Törnqvist and team manager Iain Percy outline their plans, their views and their reservations on the 35th AC
View ArticleAboard 'the world's fastest 100-footer'
This superfast cruiser incorporates some of the best ideas from solo ocean racers
View ArticleThe Ultimate Global Cruiser - VIDEO
Matthew Sheahan sails the man who's been every where's latest launch Jimmy Cornell's new Exploration 45
View ArticleEscape from a lee shore
Our visit to an island community in Fiji is cut short as we are forced to bail out at night
View ArticleCoral island navigation
We try out a mixture of old-fashioned methods and modern technology to enter an uncharted lagoon
View ArticleAustralians out of next America's Cup
Why has Team Australia withdrawn from the next Cup and what does it mean for the event and the other Challengers?
View ArticleVintage solo race for Loïck Peyron
Going back to his roots in the Route du Rhum is making Peyron happy
View ArticleCowes Week: elite or open house?
How Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is growing sailing beyond privilege
View ArticleHow Oman Sail Set A New Record
I talked to crew member Damian Foxall shortly after they crossed the Cowes finish line to set a new record for the fastest circumnavigation of the British Isles
View ArticleInside Artemis Racing
At the formal launch in Stockholm of the Swedish AC campaign I talked to Iain Percy about the road ahead
View ArticleBuilding Sails in the Desert
Matthew Sheahan's video view behind the scenes at North Sails USA on how they build 3Di and why this is a sail making revolution
View ArticleCoastguard opens new rescue centre
Portland and Solent Coastguard stations close as new centre opens
View ArticleBart's Bash – A Snapshot
My snapshot of an outstanding day afloat and ashore at Queen Mary SC and glimpse of the action in Weymouth
View ArticleAlone on the World's Biggest Trimaran
How will Yann Guichard handle a 131ft trimaran alone across the Atlantic? Matthew Sheahan went to find out
View ArticleVOR Leg 1 Needle Match Finish
Abu Dhabi and Dongfeng have been locked in a match race across the South Atlantic. Matthew Sheahan reports from Cape Town on one of the closest finishes in the history of the race
View ArticleVolvo Ocean Race – Vestas 4th & Smiling
Chris Nicholson and crew finished leg 1 fourth but had plenty to smile about on reaching Cape Town
View Article35+ Knots on ice
Matthew Sheahan takes to the ice to witness the DN World Championships in Estonia
View ArticlePogo 3 The New Pocket Rocket
More power and less weight Matthew Sheahan discovers that Pogo Structure's third generation mini transat boat is a dangerously addictive machine
View ArticleSailing to Isla Isabela - Cruising Mexico's Galapagos
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating Community We stopped at Isla Isabela on our north treck to Mazatlan, Mexico . The "We" is Maggie and me. Maggie joined me in Puerto Vallarta and will be...
View ArticleWhale Sharks in La Paz - Cruising Mexico
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating Community We decided to take a short tour while in La Paz Mexico to swim with the Whale Sharks. That's correct....Whale Sharks. Not to worry. They only eat...
View ArticleCruising Mexico
Blog at YachtPals.com - The Online Boating Community It has been more than 3 months since my last blog and there may be some of you wondering if I gave up sailing after last summer's hurricane ....
View ArticleFamilies of South African yachtsmen launch crowd-funding initiative to fund...
The families of three South African yachtsmen who went missing in the Indian Ocean in January have launched a crowd funding initiative to pay for further search efforts to locate the missing sailors...
View ArticleCocaine smuggling yacht Makayabella sells for €70,000 at auction
Makayabella was sold at an auction in Cork on Thursday after being seized by officials off the coast of Ireland last year Makayabella being intercepted off the coast of Ireland Makayabella was sold at...
View ArticleTyson Fury, offered $120m for Klitschko title fight on yacht
The boxer claims an unnamed Dubai sheikh made the offer. Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has made a claim that a Dubai sheikh offered $120m to host a title bout between Fury and Vladimir...
View Article2016 Jersey Boat Show gearing up for May bank holiday opening
The show is the largest free-entry event in the Channel Islands. The 2016 Barclays Jersey Boat Show will take place over the Bank Holiday weekend, Saturday 30 April – Monday 2 May, 2016. The post 2016...
View ArticleVideo shows $2.5m luxury yacht engulfed in flames
The yacht caught fire in a popular tourist area, sparking a flurry of photos and video footage on social media. A luxury yacht was destroyed by fire at a popular mooring in the U.S. Virgin Islands on...
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