Jess says that returning to the UK on holidays highlights the contrasting ways in which her children have been raised ...

As Greek summers grow hotter in the face of climate change, the need for green air conditioning on yachts has become more ...

All of this somewhat gushing preamble brings us to the Swan 51; all new for 2025 and the smallest boat in the range, replacing the highly successful Swan 48. This is an important boat for Swan, given ...

The location of Boatfolk’s Portishead Marina just below the mouth of the River Avon, up the Bristol Channel, means it is particularly tidal but it does offer some interesting cruising opportunities ...

Although many will remember the Royal Western Yacht Club-hosted Final Fling event from the 1980s and ’90s, its rejuvenation with title sponsor Allspars eight years ago has seen this two-day event go ...

Kraken Yachts is the brainchild of businessman and sailor Dick Beaumont who, like so many before him, decided to build his dream boat and, off the back of that, launched a new sailing brand of blue ...

How can you have an America’s Cup if the Americans aren’t taking part?” It’s a question that I’ve been asked a couple of times by my non-sailing friends. Of course, you and I know – being the clever ...

While the Battle of the Atlantic has rightly earned its place in the annals of the history of WW2, another long, drawn out and desperate naval battle during the same period is frequently overlooked.

I was shocked in a London hostelry recently to discover that our once-proud nation has been reduced to forming an orderly queue for drinks at the pub bar. It hasn’t happened in my local yet, and all ...

It was a downwind start for the 2,700-mile rally, which sails to Grenada via Cape Verde, with yachts ranging from 33ft to 66ft. First over the line in the monohulls was Oyster 595 XoXo, whilst Lagoon ...

With competitors in the Transat Café l’Or essentially ejected out into the North Atlantic in late October, the event is noted for its dramatic starts but the 2025 edition trumped its predecessors with ...

Just a few seasons ago, Ellie Driver burst onto the offshore scene racing two-up with her dad, Jim Driver, onboard their Sun Fast 3300, Chilli Pepper – a move that was, in equal measures, bold and ...