Sailing Today

Sailing Today is the magazine for hands on cruising sailors, offering a wealth of practical advice and a dynamic mix of in-depth boat, gear and equipment reviews.

It is written cover to cover by sailors for sailors. Since its launch in 1997, Sailing Today has sealed its reputation as the magazine for essential sailing information and advice.

Thanks to our superb team of experts, Sailing Today is packed with news and advice for the hands-on cruising sailor. Specialising in yachts between 25ft and 60ft, with fantastic market leading boat and gear tests, and regular advice about seamanship and navigation, Sailing Today delivers the practical back up needed for those who enjoy using their boats, be it cruising around the coast, across the channel or in blue waters.

Sailing Today

Skipper’s View • WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 'THE DONALD', THEY GENERALLY MEAN THE DISGRACED EX PRESIDENT - BUT NOT ME

Not bad atoll • Anchorages don’t get much more spectacular than Motu Nao Nao in French Polynesia. Jenevora Swann, a Regular contributor to the magazine snapped this shot while cruising there with partner Fergus Dunipace on their catamaran Two Drifters. A true slice of paradise

Caribbean Dream • The sheer joy of racing in tropical climes is captured in this shot from Antigua Sailing Week which took place in late April . This annual festival of yachting is also a fiercely competitive race and here, Jim Vos’ RP 37 Warthog is pushed to her limit on the final day of racing

Ebb and flow • EVENTS | NEWS | TALES FROM THE SAILING COMMUNITY

New boats • Sam Jefferson looks at the latest designs and launches

LOW SEASON IN PARADISE • Not everyone who crosses the Atlantic carries on directly to the Pacific after the winter season. Kate Ashe-Leonard describes the joys of summer in the Caribbean.

TIME AND TIDE • Following on from our article on traversing North Wales’ treacherous Swellies south to north in our March issue, Don Smith now makes the return trip

LET'S GO ROUND AGAIN • The annual Round the Island Race is an institution. Rupert Holmes looks at how to get the most from this spectacular day on the water

Paul Heiney • Paul gets a shock discovery when he learns about how the professionals obtain that super dazzling varnish finish

Andy Rice • Not everyone can afford to buy a brand new dinghy with state of the art sails. What if you made allowances for older boats with an adjusted handicap?

A FITTING TRIBUTE • The Nautitech 48 was the last yacht Marc Lombard designed prior to his premature death. Sam Jefferson discovered that it was a fitting tribute to his genius

Tom Cunliffe • Sailing has been likened to standing under a cold shower ripping up £10 notes. It’s an outlook that occasionally has the ring of truth. Tom opted to take economising measures

LADIES FIRST • The Ocean Globe Race proved to be rich in trials and tribulations. Yet it was the dominance of female skippers and crew which stole the headlines – as Barry Pickthall reports.

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY • Sam Fortescue looks at what’s new for 2024 when it comes to safety kit

THE BEST LAID PLANS... • Leo Kenny recounts an eventful trip through the Panama Canal and on to the Galapagos Islands

TACKLING TANZANIA • William Kosar narrates an exotic voyage along the coast of East Africa from Kenya to Tanzania

COWES PREVIEW • As the excitement for Cowes Week 2024 builds, Georgie Corlett-Pitt looks ahead…photos by Paul Wyeth

BRIGHTON MARINA • With over 1,300 berths, Premier Brighton Marina, on the East Sussex coast, is the UK’s largest marina and is an ideal stop-off if you are transiting or crossing the Channel writes Sue Pelling

CORDON BLEU WATER • A good chef can make or break a blue water passage. Rod Heikell...