Yachting World — February 2018

FEBRUARY 2018

COVER PICTURE

Dongfeng on Day 1 of the Volvo

Ocean Race Leg 2 from Lisbon to

Cape Town.

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Truth hurts

Spying, sexism and team secrets

exposed... is this really the Volvo

Ocean Race? Helen Fretter reports

Tales of the unexpected
Challenging conditions, unseasonal calms
and a medical evacuation at sea – Elaine
Bunting reports on the 2017 ARC rally

Beyond infi nity

A passage deep into the Southern Ocean to

Antarctica proved to be 60 days of pure

adventure for Andy Jamieson

Radical thinking

Just how will the new America’s Cup foiling

monohull 75-footers be faster than the

catamarans? Matthew Sheahan explains

Cruising with kids

In the second of a six-part video and

print series, Caspar Craven asks if it’s

responsible to take young children to sea

at a g l an c e

ON THE WIND

NEW GEAR AND YACHTS

PRACTICAL

REGULARS

08 Gabart slashes six days off non-

stop solo round the world record

12 Clipper Race moves to include

qualified mates on every boat

14 Five rescued after Comet 45S

keel failure off the Canary Islands

74 Tested

Toby Hodges sails the CNB 66 to

see if it can be handled by a family

82 New Yachts

Bavaria’s new big three – C65,

C50 and C45 – and more

96 Special Report Jane Russell

on extending an Atlantic crossing

102 Get out of that Pete Cumming

on avoiding a multihull capsize

104 Navigation briefing Distances

and transits with Mike Broughton

106 Masterclass with Pip Hare

How to handle beam seas

05 From the Editor

20 Letters

22 Dee Caffari

24 Matthew Sheahan

26 Skip Novak

71 Great Seamanship

107 Yachts for sale

128 Classified advertisements

134 Backfire