June 2023

Sailing Today

Sailing Today is the magazine for hands on cruising sailors

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Skipper’s View
THIS MONTH, one subject seems to crop up time and again and that's the matter of navigation. It's possibly not the most glamorous of subjects but definitely fundamental to our sport. The question of digital vs paper just keep coming up and its a subj
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Ebb And Flow
British sailors grew up with Southampton and the Solent being the accepted start and finish of round the world races, until commercial pressures forced organisers to go abroad. Now the Ocean Globe Race will herald a return to those days as it starts
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Simon Morgan, Wildwind
How did you do in the recent Hobie 16 Worlds? Having trained with a former 420 world champion, she contracted Covid three days before the event and I was lucky to find another crew from the Wildwind team in Vassiliki. Our ‘training’ consisted of thre
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New Boats
For the uninitiated, ICE Yachts is an Italian company that specialises in producing fast, elegant cruiser/racers. It must be said that Italy enjoys something of a glut of such manufacturers at present with Italia, Grand Soleil, Eleva, Solaris and man
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Outremer 52
French catamaran manufacturer Outremer has been in the game since 1984 and initially built a solid reputation on building fast, blue water cruisers. For many years progress was steady and occasionally spectacular – an Outremer 45, Bagnoles d l’Orne,
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Somewhere Only We Know
The West coast of Scotland is famous for having a plethora of snug anchorages; shelter from the storm no matter which point of the compass it comes from. But it also has hundreds of magical secret treasures rarely accessed because of their exposure t
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Tom Cunliffe
The other day I was carting my bag down a long marina pontoon to join a performance cruiser. Glancing at the yachts on either side I was struck by the number that sported short bowsprits and chuckled at how the ever-turning wheel of history has a kna
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Biscay And Beyond
Atlantic France offers a gold mine of beautiful cruising offering as many challenges as you wish. This is a cruising ground I love and has magnetic appeal which keeps drawing me back. It lies within reach of the UK for a two-week cruise and still ple
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Paul Heiney
How does the glass looking this morning- the one tells you the general state of your cruising frame of mind? Is that glass half empty, or is it half full? On the happiness scale of one to twenty, are you closer to the depths of the miserable single d
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Andy Rice
After last month’s column about the ‘sudden death’ format of the iQFOiL windsurfers, and how Sam Sills has found himself on the wrong end of the final-race showdown, I’m delighted to say it worked out differently for the British windsurfer in Palma r
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A favourable Impression
Many things have changed since 2006; some have been positive – some, well, not so much. Back in 2006 Europe and America sweltered in an unprecedented heatwave over the summer months, a UK government crossed its fingers and hoped that it could get in
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Thirty Knots In The Roaring Forties
The longest leg in the race’s 50 year history, Leg 3 of The Ocean Race stretched some 12750nm - from Cape Town, South Africa to Itajaí, Brazil. Five teams took on the challenge, each a team of four plus one on board reporter, departing Cape Town on 2
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Caribbean Calypso
There’s nothing to beat the combination of tropical Caribbean sun, clear blue waters, reliable cooling tradewinds, often around 15-25 knots, and a party atmosphere. Post Covid the Caribbean regatta season has bounced back with renewed vigour, healthy
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The Plot Thickens
Shortly after GPS made its inaugural real-world appearance in the mid-1990s, a pal showed me the first chart plotter I’d ever seen. After a lifetime of paper-chart navigation it took me a while to fathom the concept of the electronic chart, but altho
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Let’s Go Round Again
Taking place on Saturday 1 July, 2023’s Round The Island Race may well have a relatively leisurely start time of 8am compared to some years, but for sure the anticipation is as hot as ever for this annual sailing extravaganza. Organised by the Island
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Show Me The Way
Checking the shipping forecast? Whip out the phone. Remind yourself how to tie a single-handed bowline after a winter in hibernation – YouTube has the answer. And tide times? There are dozens of apps for that. There’s little information that you can’
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Plot Luck
At the pinnacle of your instrument network, the chartplotter is likely to be by far the most costly bit of electronics aboard. And like all electronics, they are subject to a constant process of development, which has seen some big relaunches over th
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Fine and Sandy
It is interesting to note that Europe, and in particular The Mediterranean, are generally the only global destinations that offer package-style beach club holiday not least because of the reliable climate [sun and breeze] during the summer holiday se
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There’s A Seafarer In All Of Us
Whether you want to escape the crowds with a yacht charter in the Greek islands, or soak up the quayside fun with a lively flotilla, or spend the week blasting around in a dinghy, at Seafarer we get it. We know you want a hassle-free booking experien
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Seaham Harbour
54°50’15N 1°19’.36W While the north-east coast, with its exposed North Sea conditions, is not considered to be a classic cruising area, it does have plenty to offer in the way of stunning scenery and places of historic interest to explore. It is ther
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Changing Young Lives At Sea
Our Charity of the Year, Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT) is a youth development outdoor learning charity that has been providing transformational voyages to young people from all walks of life for the past 66 years. The trust operates a fleet of four 7
Sailing Today2 min readLeadership
Exploration, Empowerment And Leadership
TSYT has recently launched a five-year strategy for 2023 to 2028, which sets out its plans to support even more young people nationwide aged 12 to 25, from disadvantaged backgrounds. The plans include three new voyages of exploration, empowerment and
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“As Soon As I Got Onboard Everything Changed”
Broghan Robertson (17) was one of 40 young people from the north west who competed in a TSYT Challenger yacht race as part of the Chief Constables’ Challenge last October. The police forces of Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and Greater Manchester
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Increasing TSYT’s Reach In 2023 And Beyond
Following the success of its 2022 Round Britain Adventure and plans to increase its reach to other parts of the country away from its Portsmouth base, TSYT is working in partnership with local organisations and ports to set up regional hubs. Current
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Unchartered Waters
The day has finally arrived. Your ‘out of office’ message is set, and Great Aunt Mildred has the cat. But after a 6am red-eye flight, are you ready to get the most out of the few hours you have at charter company HQ? In the rush to get out on the wat
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Not Just For The Birds
So far in this series we have explored how you can pinpoint your position with stars and combine this a feeling of the swell to gauge what’s happening around you. But with anything in natural navigation, a single clue can be an anomaly. The trick is
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Double The Pleasure
The sun shone, the wind blew and the stars of the multihull scene glittered at the 2023 International Multihull Show, held in La Grande Motte in the south of France. The show has built up an admirable reputation as a friendly show that, in addition t
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Jess Lloyd-Mostyn
When we arrived in Singapore in 2020 we were so pleased to have a mooring surrounded by other monohulls, having encountered so few of them during our years sailing in Indonesia. Here, at Changi, was a community of like-minded boat people. We all spok
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Three Of The Best
Totally sorted Oyster 625 from 2019, Yolo comes with a world cruising specification and masses of special features including a centreboard, twin rudders, thrusters front and back, and Lithium Ion set-up. Her immaculate oak interior is compact enough
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