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On sale 10 April 2018On test: Kraken 66
This one-of a-kind oceangoing
cruising yacht has been built in
South Africa with the aim of being
able to face any weather the world
might throw at her. Toby Hodges
found some big winds to put her
though her pacesGet paid to go sailing
A growing number of creative
millennials and entrepreneurial
Gen X sailors have found
surprising ways to get paid – and
paid well – for Iiving their dream.
We talk to some of them to find
out how they do itMan on a mission
Alex Thomson has spent the last
15 years single-mindedly pursuing
victory in the solo Vendée Globe.
He came a very close second last
year and has never faltered in his
belief that he can do it. Now he’s
aiming to build a super-quick new
boat. But what drives the British
sailor? Helen Fretter finds outCruising the coast
of Nova Scotia
Tom Zydler explores a beautiful
but challenging section of the east
coast of Canada, a place that has
abundant history and wildlifeon the wind
A couple from Devon has
completed an exceptional voyage.
Ed and Sue Kelly have become
the first yacht crew to sail round
Europe and North America
using the ‘great circle’ loop of
waterways. Their voyage in their
30-year-old Catalac 41 catamaran
Angel Louise took 329 days.
The American Great Loop
is a system of waterways
encompassing the eastern
portion of the US and a section
of Canada and consists of bothnatural and man-made waterways
such as the Intracoastal
Waterway, the Mississippi River,
the Tennessee-Tombigbee
Waterway and the Great Lakes.
The complete loop is 6,000 miles.
To complete a similar loop
round Europe, the Kellys
navigated from the North Sea
to the Black Sea via the Rhine,
Main and Danube and then exited
through the Bosphorus to go on
through the Mediterranean before
returning home to the UK. Thispart of the voyage, from London
to London, was also around
6,000 miles.
The couple also made two
transatlantic crossings.
The Kellys have been ocean
cruising for more than 11 years.
Ed Kelly remarked: “When you
hit your seventies there is not a
whole lot that’s more grand than
exploring on your own vessel.”
See more of the Kellys’
voyage on the OCC website at
oceancruisingclub.org/Album/Donations from sailors, former
guests and the marine and travel
industry are to help rebuild Bitter
End Yacht Club in the British
Virgin Islands. The resort and
marina in Virgin Gorda, a favourite
watering hole of yachtsmen, was
obliterated by Hurricane Irma
in September last year and the
Bitter End YC site, 64 acres, one
mile of shoreline and over 50
structures, were destroyed.
Around $800,000 has been
raised to begin reconstructing
the resort and includes one major
gift from a regular visitor. The
funds are also being focussed on
healthcare and education for the
178 employees who were at the
club at the time of the storm.
Bitter End YC will reopen later
this year.‘Double loop’ voyage completed
New beginning for the Bitter End
The Bitter End
Yacht Club, a
much loved BVI
destination for
yachtsmen, was
destroyed by
Hurricane IrmaTrystan GraceTom Zydler