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COVER PICTURE
Amel 50, a European Yacht of the
Year award winner, and the first
sloop from the La Rochelle yard
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APRIL 2018
The fall and rise of Oyster YachtsHOW BRITAIN’S BIG BUILDER WENT BROKE – BUT COULD THRIVE AGAINC$13.99 US$10.99 A$11.99 NZ$16.70 Holland €8.99 Spain €7.90 APRIL 2018 £4.
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machinewhere would you goin the amel 50?
Volvo Ocean Race: taking risks too far?RACING6 of the best action camsTESTED
Pete Goss fi nds the joys of bluewater sailingCRUISING
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Amel 50 on test
Pip Hare fi nds out if
Amel’s new sloop
format works
Life in the slow lane
Round the world racer Pete Goss goes
cruising with his wife Tracey in search of
life at a more leisurely pace
Can Oyster be revived?
Britain’s big builder went under in January.
Elaine Bunting investigates how the
‘Bentley of cruising yachts’ might be saved
A risk worth taking?
When do the risks of offshore racing
become too high? Helen Fretter reports on
recent incidents in the Volvo Ocean Race
Action cams tested
Compact action cameras are some of the
most practical ways of getting high quality
images afl oat. We test six of the latest
at a glance
ON THE WIND
NEW GEAR AND YACHTS
FEATURES
PRACTICAL
REGULARS
13 Crowdfunding to help Discovery
Yachts develop new models
14 Volvo Ocean Race crew encounter
abandoned yacht
16 Devon couple sail ‘double loop’
round Europe and North America
70 New Yachts
Bavaria’s new C-Line range, Najad
395C, X-Yachts X4^9 and more
80 Special Report Managing
power on board, with Chris Tibbs
84 Extraordinary boats Marilee,
Herreshoff’s ‘Fighting Forty’
89 Weather briefing Chris Tibbs
on understanding the jet stream
90 Masterclass with Pip Hare
How to anchor in remote spots
92 5 tips: pre-start routines
How pro’s get a flying race start
05 From the Editor
18 Letters
20 Dee Caffari
22 Matthew Sheahan
24 Skip Novak
54 Cruising with kids
59 Great Seamanship
94 Yachts for sale
105 Classified advertisements
110 Backfire
42 Witt and wisdom We meet
controversial Volvo Ocean Race
skipper David Witt
46 RORC 600 Elaine Bunting
reports on the Caribbean offshore