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 • SMALL ENVIRONMENTAL GESTURES ARE OFTEN SEEN AS VIRTUE SIGNALLING BY THE CYNICS BUT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE

50 Shades of Grey

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

Paul Heiney • Paul raises thoughts about doing 'your bit' for the country, even just helping out with posting letters!

Andy Rice • Is now the time to contemplate the workings of the America’s Cup? And how the SailGP circuit is re-shaping the grand prix racing landscape, including the introduction of ‘player’ transfer fees!

Tom Cunliffe • Whatever sort of boat you buy, whether brand-new or used, you’ll find it will inevitably bring the sort of trials and tribulations that you could well do without...

FAST ESCAPE • Clive Loughlin and friends Keith and Jess put a passage plan to the test

SAILING’S FINEST • You voted in your thousands for the best boats, sailors and kit of the past year. Here are the winners of the British Yachting Awards

FJORD FOCUS • The Norwegian Fjords are high on many a sailor’s ‘bucket list’ trips but remain sufficiently distant to retain the magic of isolation as Leo Kenny narrates

BRAND-NEW SECOND-HAND • Glassfibre is an indestructible material and its legacy in the world of boatbuilding is thousands of unwanted boats. What’s the solution to this problem? Sam Jefferson talks to catamaran manufacturer Lagoon who thinks they have the answer

SHE’S THE SWAN • Sam Fortescue meets the ClubSwan 43, first of a new racer-cruiser concept

ELECTRIC FEEL • It seems like every year electric propulsion takes a leap forward. Sam Fortescue runs his eye over the latest advances in the field

START! • A good start cannot win you a race but a bad one can lose it for you. Jon Emmett takes a look at some of the classic errors made on the startline

TICKET TO RIDE • Endeavour rookies Oliver Groves and Esther Parkhurst from Beaver SC explain to Sue Pelling how it is possible to not only win the Endeavour Trophy at a first attempt but also how to win the ‘ticket’ to get there

PENARTH MARINA • Boatfolk’s Penarth Marina at the mouth of the River Severn with its convenient transport connections and plenty of places to explore, makes it a good option as a cruising base writes Sue Pelling51 26.75N 003 10.20W

PATHWAY TO GLORY • It was double agony for the Brits in Barcelona with the women’s team coming close to scooping the inaugural Puig Women’s America’s Cup. Milly Karsten chats with Athena Pathway skipper Hannah Mills about the highs and lows of life on the competitive circuit

WATER MESS • The presence of clean, unpolluted waters around our coast seems like our birthright but sadly that’s not the case in recent years. What can be done? Sam Jefferson chats with Phil Horton, Environment and Sustainability Manager at the RYA to find out...

CHARTER CHOICE • The new holiday charter season ahead looks set to deliver some exciting packages says Sue Pelling, with companies taking a fresh look at...