Yachting World — November 2017

NOVEMBER 2017

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The PC55, pictured off Bodrum –

a Performance Classic Yachts and

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New dawn for Volvo race

As seven teams prepare to embark

on 45,000 miles over eight months

we look how the event has evolved

Escape to the sun
Terysa Vanderloo recounts the many highs
and the occasional low she experienced
in two seasons cruising the Caribbean

Enchanting rias of Galicia
Daria and Alex Blackwell were smitten with
the picturesque esturaries of north-
western Spain

Force of nature

As the Caribbean and Florida count the

cost of Hurricane Irma and now Maria, we

focus on the causes of the ‘perfect’ storm

The cost of cruising

What does the average cruising couple

spend each month? Terysa Vanderloo

explains why it’s less than you might think

A modern classic

Toby Hodges heads to Turkey to put a

PC55 through its paces and fi nds an

elegant cutter fi t for the 21st Century

at a glance

ON THE WIND

NEW GEAR AND YACHTS

PRACTICAL

REGULARS

08 Emirates Team New Zealand

confirm monohull for AC

10 Mark Turner steps aside as Volvo

Ocean Race director

12 The Caribbean fights back after

twin Category 5 hurricane strikes

74 New Yachts

Two options for high latitude

sailing from Owen Clarke

78 New Gear

We look at a compact drinks

station and waste water system

86 Extraordinary boats Rupert

Holmes on quarter tonner Belinda

90 Masterclass with Pip Hare

Dealing with underwater hazards

92 Weather briefing Chris Tibbs

on crossing the Bay of Biscay

94 Get out of that David Carr

and the perils of pin end starts

05 From the Editor

16 Letters

18 Dee Caffari

20 Matthew Sheahan

22 Skip Novak

61 Great Seamanship

96 Yachts for sale

104 Classified advertisements

110 Backfire

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