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.

Skipper’s View • THE BRITISH YACHTING AWARDS RETURN AND THERE IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BREADTH OF TALENT ON SHOW

CONTRIBUTORS

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The Great Blue Hole

Southampton is back!

Moth Worlds stunner

Spirit Yachts in new Bond film

NEWS BRIEFS

America’s Cup might stay in New Zealand, as new AC class is announced

Big guns bound for Martinique

Charter in the Bahamas

Cheers for Sir Chay, 50 years on

SailGP in the south of France

New boats • DESIGNS LAUNCHES PROJECTS

THE NOMINATIONS • The nominations are revealed for the 2021 British Yachting Awards. Now it’s over to you to decide who wins

Tom Cunliffe • When buying a second hand boat, it’s worth tolerating those idiosyncratic additions for a while. Sometimes there is a hidden method behind the madness

TOM CUNLIFFE

Paul Heiney • Many sailors admit that the most stressful part of any voyage can be parking the boat at the end of a long voyage. Paul has finally faced up to his fears and taken action

Andy Rice • My old friend Andy Budgen took me racing in a Laser 5000 for old time’s sake recently. It was a Wednesday evening race at Warsash SC at the mouth of the Hamble River

Andi Robertson • La Solitaire du Figaro is without doubt one of the most challenging and exhilarating offshore races out there. So why are there so few Brits competing?

Canal knowledge • Carsten and Vinni Breuning discovered that there is no better way to start a five year circumnavigation than by exploring Scotland via the Caledonian and Crinan canals

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Treasure trove • They are the lands of pirates, wrecks and hidden hordes of pieces of eight. Emma Bamford explores the British Virgin Islands

Top Gear • Another year, another stupendously stylish Italian cruiser and another reason to wheel out a million cliches about ‘passion’ ‘style’ etc etc. yet Italia’s new 14.98 offers a whole lot more than that as Sam Jefferson discovers

SAM’S VERDICT

ALTERNATIVE BOATS

Cowes Week 2021 • Rupert Holmes looks back at a classic edition of Cowes Week

Official Cowes Week charity – Scaramouche Trust

Giles Peckham on how to win Cowes Week • Here are Dauntless co-owner Peckham’s top tips for an outstanding Cowes Week result, for a one-design dayboat that’s not allowed to use electronic navigational aids:

HAFAN PWLLHELI 52’53”10N 004’22”25W • Protected cruising, wild beaches and some of Wales’ best dinghy sailing facilities. Sam Fortescue discovers Pwllheli

FACTFILE • HAFAN PWLLHELI

PASSAGE PLANNING

CRUISING GROUNDS • Pwllheli offers great access to some of the lesser known beauty spots of the Irish Sea

Sowing the seeds • The National School Sailing Association, our Charity of the Year 2020/21, saw the welcome return of its much-loved National Youth Regatta this summer

The bear necessities • Nick and Jenny Coghlan relate an adventurous cruise to Kodiak and the...