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Sailing Today

Aug 01 2020
Magazine

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.

Skipper’s View • SAILING HAS ALWAYS SYMBOLISED FREEDOM - NEVER MORE SO THAN THIS SUMMER

CONTRIBUTORS

Sailing Today

Distant shores

Baking foil

Call for BAME officials

Advice to sailing clubs

Your experiences sought

Support for Greig City Academy

Vendée Globe start confirmed

Socially distanced regatta

Lobby MPs over EU cruising rules

America’s Cup latest

Tech success

Cowes Week looks to 2021

Sea Eagle II takes flight

Charity regatta

Entries still open for Lonely Rock

RORC season kicks off

PIET POELMANN, CEO, ZHIK

New boats

Tom Cunliffe • The choice of yacht can say much about the owner. And when it comes to type of rig, well...

TOM CUNLIFFE

Paul Heiney • The LOA of the boat is of course important, but how about the LOA of the crew?

Blue language • Repair jobs aboard boats frequently occupy that seventh circle of hell. The only consolation is that they greatly expand one’s repertoire of swear words, as Jess Lloyd-Mostyn notes

Andy Rice DINGHIES • Sail as many different kinds of boat, with as many different people as you can, my son

Andi Robertson YACHTS • Twenty years on, a famous British sailing victory still has lessons for racing crews today

Dare to dream • The idea of selling up and sailing into the sunset is something most sailors dream of. Jenevora Swann explains how she did it

SOLENT to Dundee • The crew of yacht Nova set out around Britain anticlockwise to discover the past and present of 12 of our most significant ports. In the first of a series, Jonathan Winter describes their first sail north up the east coast

Southampton

London

Hull

Dundee

Panache and performance • Performance-cruisers like the Italian Solaris 47 are designed to enjoy both sides of the yachting equation. Does she meet the brief? Kevin Green finds out

KEVIN’S VERDICT

THE SPEC

ALTERNATIVE YACHTS

THE FUTURE OF YACHT RACING • Stan Honey makes 5 predictions

Lone star • He grew up with the sole aim of being faster than his older brothers. Now Elliot Hanson is the top Laser sailor in the country and going to the Olympics next year

BUCKLER’S HARD YACHT HARBOUR • A tranquil river steeped in history that meanders up to a charming village, Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour in Hampshire’s New Forest is hard to beat, says Sam Jefferson

FACTFILE

Equip for the trip • Planning a trip to exotic climes takes time and careful consideration and the choice of kit is vast and can be bewildering. Sam Fortescue provides clarity

SHORTLIST • MATTRESSES

STANDING Rigging developments • Racing yachts and cruisers place different demands on their standing rigging, yet, there’s much that each camp can learn from the other. Rupert Holmes reports on the latest developments

Comparing 1x19 wire vs ...


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Frequency: Monthly Pages: 116 Publisher: Chelsea Magazine Edition: Aug 01 2020

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: July 3, 2020

Formats

OverDrive Magazine

Languages

English

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.

Skipper’s View • SAILING HAS ALWAYS SYMBOLISED FREEDOM - NEVER MORE SO THAN THIS SUMMER

CONTRIBUTORS

Sailing Today

Distant shores

Baking foil

Call for BAME officials

Advice to sailing clubs

Your experiences sought

Support for Greig City Academy

Vendée Globe start confirmed

Socially distanced regatta

Lobby MPs over EU cruising rules

America’s Cup latest

Tech success

Cowes Week looks to 2021

Sea Eagle II takes flight

Charity regatta

Entries still open for Lonely Rock

RORC season kicks off

PIET POELMANN, CEO, ZHIK

New boats

Tom Cunliffe • The choice of yacht can say much about the owner. And when it comes to type of rig, well...

TOM CUNLIFFE

Paul Heiney • The LOA of the boat is of course important, but how about the LOA of the crew?

Blue language • Repair jobs aboard boats frequently occupy that seventh circle of hell. The only consolation is that they greatly expand one’s repertoire of swear words, as Jess Lloyd-Mostyn notes

Andy Rice DINGHIES • Sail as many different kinds of boat, with as many different people as you can, my son

Andi Robertson YACHTS • Twenty years on, a famous British sailing victory still has lessons for racing crews today

Dare to dream • The idea of selling up and sailing into the sunset is something most sailors dream of. Jenevora Swann explains how she did it

SOLENT to Dundee • The crew of yacht Nova set out around Britain anticlockwise to discover the past and present of 12 of our most significant ports. In the first of a series, Jonathan Winter describes their first sail north up the east coast

Southampton

London

Hull

Dundee

Panache and performance • Performance-cruisers like the Italian Solaris 47 are designed to enjoy both sides of the yachting equation. Does she meet the brief? Kevin Green finds out

KEVIN’S VERDICT

THE SPEC

ALTERNATIVE YACHTS

THE FUTURE OF YACHT RACING • Stan Honey makes 5 predictions

Lone star • He grew up with the sole aim of being faster than his older brothers. Now Elliot Hanson is the top Laser sailor in the country and going to the Olympics next year

BUCKLER’S HARD YACHT HARBOUR • A tranquil river steeped in history that meanders up to a charming village, Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour in Hampshire’s New Forest is hard to beat, says Sam Jefferson

FACTFILE

Equip for the trip • Planning a trip to exotic climes takes time and careful consideration and the choice of kit is vast and can be bewildering. Sam Fortescue provides clarity

SHORTLIST • MATTRESSES

STANDING Rigging developments • Racing yachts and cruisers place different demands on their standing rigging, yet, there’s much that each camp can learn from the other. Rupert Holmes reports on the latest developments

Comparing 1x19 wire vs ...


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