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.

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Greece is the word • The magic of the Mediterranean is in the incredibly diverse cultures nestled on its shores. Nicola Beykirch charts a trip from Malta to the Ionian Islands via Sicily

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The world is his oyster • As the founder of both Oyster Yachts and Gunfleet, Richard Matthews has an impressive track record as Mike Taylor discovers

Tom Cunliffe • A case of Whisky Galore and other yarns abound as Tom heads off on a circumnavigation of our fair isle

Paul Heiney • The glitzy tat of the superyacht world seems a long way away from the more homely - and sometimes malodorous – pleasures of your average cruising yacht

The scenic route • As the poet Burns once noted: ‘The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley’. This is definitely true when it comes to planning a round-the-world cruise, as Jess Lloyd-Mostyn notes

The pleasures of Purbeck • Poole Harbour – and in particular the Purbeck side – has to be one of the richest and most beautiful cruising grounds in the UK. Sam Jefferson provides some insider’s tips

HARBOUR DUES

Baltic beauty • If you’re thinking of heading to the Baltic, now is the time to plan your trip. Andrew Fleck provides a little taste of why you should definitely go

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My Swede Lord • If you’re looking for a bluewater cruiser then Hallberg Rassy remains the first name on the list. Its new 44 certainly lives up to that pedigree, as Sam Jefferson discovers

ALTERNATIVE YACHTS

SAM’S VERDICT

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A sea of sails • Trieste’s Barcolana yacht race is officially the biggest in the world. Nigel Sharp heads along to explore the coastline and experience this remarkable spectacle

Easy start • Beneteau’s Oceanis 30.1 is its ‘starter’ yacht but there is nothing basic about this entry level model, as Sam Jefferson discovers

VERDICT

THE SPEC

Stormier weather • Climate change affects how we sail, and Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones, or medicanes, are starting to cause real problems, as Rod Heikell notes

SALCOMBE HARBOUR • Although used by Lord Tennyson as a metaphor for passing into the afterlife , here crossing...