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Smallest ARC heads for the sun

Natasha’s Atlantic dream

Crew lost after capsize

Restrictions loom for 20,000 UK cruisers post-Brexit

Vagrant wins best refit award

SailGP kicks off in Bermuda

New high latitudes cruising code

‘Cape Horners’ register

Eco loo roll cleans up

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MATT SHEAHAN • A FIRST GLIMPSE OF HOW THE AMERICA’S CUP TEAMS VIEW THEIR ONBOARD DATA COULD BE A TASTE OF THINGS TO COME FOR CRUISING SAILORS TOO

SKIP NOVAK • A VISIT TO COWES ON THE UK SOUTH COAST PROVOKES A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE, ALTHOUGH NOT EVERYTHING IS QUITE AS SKIP REMEMBERS…

STORM CHASERS • HOW BIG A GAMBLE WOULD YOU TAKE TO WIN THE VENDÉE GLOBE? HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT HOW THE SOLO SKIPPERS USE STORMS IN THEIR RACE STRATEGY

INNER STRENGTH

THE GREAT ATLANTIC GETAWAY • THERE MAY BE NO BETTER TIME TO PRESS PAUSE AND GO SAILING. ELAINE BUNTING MEETS TRANSATLANTIC CREWS DOING JUST THAT

SANITY CHECK • THE GRAVITY-DEFYING AC75S WILL RACE ONE ANOTHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER. MATT SHEAHAN CHECKS OUT THE FOUR DESIGNS

THE EMPTY OCEAN • SOPHIE O’NEILL AND CHRIS KOBUSCH TOOK ON A 4,300-MILE DOUBLE-HANDED CROSSING OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC IN WINTER

STEELY RESOLVE • VIVIEN CHERRY AND HER BRITISH STEEL CHALLENGE CREW JURY RIG A BROKEN FORESTAY IN THE UNFORGIVING SOUTHERN OCEAN

Bavaria goes BIG • WHAT MAKES GOOD VALUE? BAVARIA REDEFINES WHAT TO EXPECT IN PERFORMANCE AND SPACE TERMS FOR A 40-FOOTER

40FT RIVALRY • GRAHAM SNOOK COMPARES THE MAIN RIVALS TO THE C42

NEW YACHTS • RUPERT HOLMES ON THE NEWEST POWERFUL OFFSHORE RACERS

OSCAR One 320 • RUPERT HOLMES ON A SYSTEM TO SEE AND AVOID FLOATING OBSTACLES

NEW-GENERATION BATTERY CHARGERS

SAILING INTO XMAS • STUCK FOR A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR A SAILOR IN YOUR LIFE?

SPECIAL REPORT • HOW TO SELL YOUR BOAT, BY TERYSA VANDERLOO

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS • HELEN FRETTER ON KARMA

NAVIGATION BRIEFING • MIKE BROUGHTON ON WHEN PAPER CHARTS ARE BEST

5 EXPERT TIPS • HOW TO TRIM FOR DOWNWIND SPEED

WORLD’S COOLEST YACHTS • WE ASK TOP SAILORS AND MARINE INDUSTRY GURUS TO CHOOSE THE COOLEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE YACHTS OF OUR TIMES