Elizabeth Wood, a 43-year-old crew, fell overboard from an Andrew Cassell Foundation Sonar keelboat, LimbItless at around 1330 on 1 October 2022 while racing off Cowes, Isle of Wight. The…
Heather Prentice
All equal at the start line
Six of the world’s most accomplished women sailors recently raced solo around the world on giant, 60ft foiling IMOCA monohulls in the Vendée Globe, hitting speeds of up to 40…
A family adventure sailing through the Corinth Canal
The timing was tight. I took the call 24 hours before we were due to fly. Alex kindly asked me if she could help stock the boat. We were scheduled…
Tribute to Peter Bruce, renowned racing yachtsman and author
Peter Bruce revised and edited Heavy Weather Sailing, first compiled by Kaines Adlard Coles in 1967, ensuring the updated advice on sailing through bad weather remained as relevant and essential…
15 intrepid sailors to race around the world in Mini Globe Race
Fifteen intrepid and rather brave sailors will set off from Antigua on Sunday in home-built, 19-foot Class Globe 5.80 yachts to sail 28,000 miles around the world in the inaugural…
Man overboard mid Atlantic; separately, one yacht abandoned
The search for Eresund was called off at the end of daylight on Monday amid worsening seas and gusts up to 30 knots. ARC yachts have been asked to divert…
Crew member overboard while sailing across the Atlantic
At 0227 UTC on Monday 2 December, a crew member went overboard from the yacht Ocean Breeze in the mid-Atlantic and a search was initiated by the vessel, the World…
Sunseeker handed £240k fine for using illegal ‘blood’ teak from Myanmar on vessels
Sitting at Bournemouth Crown Court on 22 November, Judge Jonathan Fuller KC imposed fines and costs totalling £358,759.64 on Poole-based Sunseeker International Ltd for 11 specific imports of the banned…
Robin Baron helms the Cruising Association
A long-standing member since 1976, Robin has 48 years of experience of working with the Cruising Association (CA), most recently as Chair of the Regulatory & Technical Services group (RATS),…
Two winners of the Brian Black Memorial Award 2024 announced
Two incredible stories have won the Brian Black Memorial Award 2024 in association with Coppercoat and YM. With entries focusing on ‘treading lightly’ in the marine environment, Jon Amtrup wrote…