Over 60 hours of GPS outage in the Baltic region impacted hundreds of passenger aircraft this March, reports Rupert Holmes. The incident, which is by no means an isolated case, included 24 hours of interference across parts of Sweden, Germany and Pol

AccuWeather is among the forecasters predicting a very active 2024 hurricane season, which officially begins on 1 June. “The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to feature well above the historical average number of tropical storms, hurricanes

The UK has many active offshore racing fleets, spanning from the west coast of Scotland on the Clyde to Essex and Kent in the North Sea, but the largest and most competitive racing is undoubtedly based on the south coast in the Solent. Both the JOG (

When the Great Seamanship column put out to sea 20 years ago, the extracts were drawn from classic sailing literature, much of it written before World War II. As years went by, we realised we were missing a trick and that a stream of eclectic new mat

The well-travelled 84ft cruiser-racer catamaran Allegra won the International Maxi Association’s (IMA) inaugural Caribbean Maxi Multihull Series by a single point this spring. Designed to recognise this growing segment of maxi yachting, the new serie

Rushing to wean ourselves off fossil fuels it seems we’re building another problem for the future. What do we do with the new batteries we’re now installing once they’ve reached the end of their life? The growth in popularity of electric cars is evid

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Long considered one of the last bastions of freedom, sailing has an enduring Corinthian spirit, with yacht owners often taking great pride in learning from experience and working things out for themselves. But, with yachts becoming more complex than

You don’t see Guyana as you approach it from the ocean, its low-lying coastline perfectly camouflaged against the hazy tropical horizon as the sun rises. And yet you sense it in so many other ways: the pungent petrichor of South American rainforest,

Sam Davies’ entry in the 2020 Vendée Globe was Initiatives-Coeur, a well-proven Verdier-VPLP design (ex Foncia/Banque Populaire/Maître CoQ III) that had been reoptimised with second generation foils fitted – at the time some of the biggest in the fle

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Maiden, the iconic former Whitbread Round the Race yacht, has won the 2023/24 Ocean Globe Race. In doing so skipper Heather Thomas and team become the first all-female crew to ever win an around the world race. Maiden was the fifth yacht to finish th

We’re not ones to wish a passage away, but we cannot wait to get into Haugesund. After a rough three day crossing of the North Sea in a stiff north-westerly breeze, dodging a true obstacle course of shipping, oil rigs and wind parks, we’re both tired

The colours! The British Virgin Islands remain a sailor’s paradise. And this looks particularly dreamy for those emerging from the hibernation of a wet winter. You can almost feel the warmth of the trades and know those crews will be diving straight

The first Saturday in November was laundry day for Cole Brauer. One week into her single-handed around the world race, the Global Solo Challenge, the 29-yearold washed her smalls in a bucket, clipped them onto the lifelines of the Class 40 First Ligh

Few people have as much experience as Dee Caffari at living in offshore race mode for weeks on end. She tells Andy Rice about the importance of sleep at sea. Dee Caffari knows the importance of sleep to any offshore sailor, whether you’re racing solo

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The multihull sector continues to develop, with the new owners of the International Multihull Show in La Grande-Motte, France, reporting a strong international attendance. The 15th edition of the show was held in beautiful weather over Easter during

Oyster Yachts has announced it is back in profit, six years after the company went under in early 2018. Oyster returned to profit in January this year and expects to make an overall profit for 2024 following a 29% year-on-year increase in turnover to

The Royal Ocean Racing Club has expanded its long-running Griffin initiative for young sailors aged 18-30, with significant investment in a bid to find the next generation of offshore sailors. The programme’s goals include building a new pool of expe

Downwind sailing is any cruising sailor’s dream. The thought of days, or even weeks, of reliable following tradewinds pushing you across an ocean with just a warm apparent breeze over the deck seems particularly far-fetched for those of us who have j

British Vendée Globe skipper Pip Hare has warned that her preparation for this year’s Vendée Globe is in jeopardy after the loss of two key backers. With less than six months until the start of the round the world race, Hare faces a funding shortfall

Four of the six competing America’s Cup teams have unveiled their AC75s, the boats in which they will contest for the Cup this October. First to show their hand was Alinghi Red Bull Racing who unveiled their AC75 in a glitzy night ceremony on 9 April

I’ve admired the innovative range of fast yet comfortable cruisers from RM Yachts for many years – their combination of spacious, attractive and brightly lit interiors, planing performance and well planned deck layouts is particularly appealing. And

ON SALE 13 JUNE A Pacific crossing is one of the ultimate bluewater voyages. Max Campbell and Kate Ashe-Leonard share their experiences of sailing halfway around the world, from Fiji to Australia and Samoa to New Zealand, through the ‘dangerous middl

The crew of Alani keep covered from the harmful UV rays while pushing this traditional 36ft Gurney sloop around the Antigua Classics track. With its parade of sail, single-handed race, Concours d’Elegance, and unrivalled dock talk, Antigua Classics i

News that there would be a reduced Shipping Forecast from BBC radio this spring led to mutterings of discontent among some devotees of this great British institution. But has anyone actually changed their routines at sea accordingly? No? That’s hardl

As a team that is much younger than the rest of the competition, what superpower does that give you? That’s the question I asked of a group of teenagers this month during a sailing podcast interview. Francesa Dougherty (aged 17), Isa Ford (15), Anna

‘That’s not a boat!’ Guaranteed, as soon as we share the first images of this year’s futuristic AC75s online, there’ll be comments and reactions saying ‘That’s not a yacht!’ And of course, the foiling monohulls bear little resemblance to any boat tha