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 • THE RNLI CELEBRATES ITS 200TH ANNIVERSARY THIS SUMMER AND WE SHOULD ALL CELEBRATE THIS EXTRAORDINARY LANDMARK

Mighty Wight • The annual Round the Island Race can sometimes be a gentle trundle in docile conditions. Then again.... sometimes the Needles Channel bares its fangs. This time around, competitors found themselves deep in the maelstrom as they battled wind over tide exiting the Solent.

Canna believe it • The west coast of Scotland is often noted as one of the most beautiful cruising grounds in the world . This shot, taken on the Isle of Canna in the Inner Hebrides, showcases precisely why; peaceful anchorages adorned by some of the most stunning backdrops the world

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

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

Paul Heiney • Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone? Joni Mitchell may have had a point - certainly in Paul's book

Andy Rice • The countdown is on for the 2024 Olympics. Andy runs the rule over Team GB prospects ahead of the main event

Tom Cunliffe • Sailors can spend an inordinate of time trying to fix engines. Tom took a different and more rewarding approach when his gearbox gave out

WILD PIGS AND ENGLISHMEN • Nic Compton takes a leisurely cruise around the Ionian and reports back on some surprising wildlife he found there

A MAIDEN WIN • Heather Thomas is the first female British skipper to win a round the world race. She talks to Georgie Corlett-Pitt about Maiden’s latest record-setting chapter…

HITTING A NEW PLANE • Designing an environmentally friendly offshore one design class is a big ask – but Jeanneau’s Sun Fast 30 OD may have it cracked as Sam Jefferson discovers

A SCILLY IDEA? • Tim Good and partner Emmie didn’t want to let having a small child get in the way of his sailing dreams. So last summer they boldly set out for the Isles of Scilly to see how they got on

36 BROKEN RUDDERS • Following the spate of orca attacks between Galicia and the Strait of Gibraltar Jetty de Koster speaks with one of the world’s leading cetacean researchers

WILD RIDE • This year’s Round the Island Race was action-packed, with Peter Morton setting the pace on his TP52 Notorious. Georgie Corlett-Pitt reports

BLAME IT ON THE WEATHERMAN? • Satellite technology has pushed weather routeing to new heights. Sam Fortescue takes a look at the latest developments

THE GIFT OF THE ODYSSEY • Rod Heikell’s Greek Waters Pilot is the sailor’s bible when it comes to cruising Greece. Here the author explores the influence of Homer’s Odyssey and how it shaped his own voyaging

In association with Navily UNMYTHABLE ANCHORAGES • Want to know where Odysseus washed up at the end of his epic voyage home? Fear not, you can anchor off many mythical spots on his voyage. Here is a selection

DUVER MARINA • Set within Bembridge Harbour at the eastern most point of the Isle of...