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Admiral’s Cup Winner 2025: Fastnet Racing & Overall Victories
With the completion of the Rolex Fastnet Race the 2025 Admiral’s Cup racing has come to a close… Here are the results!
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Portishead Marina: Boatfolk’s Bristol Channel Safe Haven
Set in heart of a historic fishing port and vibrant town in the Bristol Channel, Boatfolk’s Portishead Marina offers a safe haven for berthholders and visitors (356 berths), with plenty of cruising opportunities along the coastlines of Wales, north Devon and further afield writes Sue Pelling.
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Swan 51 Boat Test: A Top Quality Yacht That Dares You to Dream
Nautor Swan is not just a boatbuilder, it’s an institution that speaks of quality and luxury. Its new 51 therefore has a lot to live up to. Sam Jefferson takes it for a spin.
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Dylan Fletcher’s Inside Scoop on SailGP: Emirates GBR Making History
Emirates GBR made history by winning this year’s SailGP Championship. Georgie Corlett-Pitt gets the inside scoop from Dylan Fletcher…
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Boat Air Conditioning Guide: Green Options for Cooling Your Cabin
Air conditioning can both contribute to climate change while also becoming more necessary as climate change makes for hotter summers. Tom Fletcher looks at greener options for charter yachts.
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Raising Children on a Boat: How a Life Under Sail Shapes Our Kids
Jess says that returning to the UK on holidays highlights the contrasting ways in which her children have been raised compared with their land-dwelling counterparts.
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Sailing and boating participation in the UK are in decline
Have your say on sailing and boating opportunities in the UK ‘Sailing and boating in the UK are at a crossroads — participation is in decline, and we need to act.’ says the national governing body for boating. Credit: RYA “We know the power of sailing and boating to change lives – the confidence it…
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Boaters beware: RYA SafeTrx vessel tracking safety app will soon close
RYA SafeTrx – the vessel tracking, safety and communications platform – is to be discontinued at the end of this month, from 31 December, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has announced. RYA SafeTrx App will be discontinued from 31st December 2025. Credit: RYA The decision to close RYA SafeTrx has been made by the Royal…
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Skipper dies after being wound round his boat’s faulty electric winch
The skipper of the Mollie died after becoming entangled around the electric winch drum, an MAIB investigation has concluded The aft cockpit winches aboard the steel yacht, Mollie. Credit: MAIB An investigation by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has concluded that the skipper of the New Zealand-registered yacht, Mollie died after becoming entangled around…
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YJA Young Journalist of the Year 2025 named
The Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) has announced the winner of the 2025 Young Journalist of the Year Award and has unveiled its new mentoring scheme Lydia Mullan, winner of the YJA Young Journalist of the Year Award 2025 with nominees Freya Terry (right) and Loreto Rodriguz (second from left) and YJA chairman Katy Stickland. Credit:…