Some prepare for weeks, others months - but one couple is planning already for ARC 2010
Practical Boat Owner, 20 November 2008
Excitement grows in the run up to the ARC start
Practical Boat Owner, 20 November 2008
Another Tory backs airport in Thames Estuary
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008
and Sam gets her bikini out
Yachting World, 20 November 2008
Bikini lines of latitude
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008
Russian VO70 comes a cropper
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008
Warning comes as two more vessels are seized
Perry Cleveland-Peck, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008
New regulations aimed to attract Australian and US competitors
Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 20 November 2008
Lymington ferries 'may harm salt marshes'
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008
CEO Jim O'Toole heads for new areas in sports marketing
Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 20 November 2008
Round-the-world schoolboy doing well
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 20 November 2008
£6,000 compensation has been awarded to a harbour master who had to take early retirement after seriously injuring his back.
Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 19 November 2008
Skipper of chemical tanker arrested off Harwich
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Sam Davies's latest report
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Company offering discount on charter trips on the Thames, Norfolk Broads and Scotland's Caledonian Canal
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 19 November 2008
Manufacturer first company to new RYA ticklogo for range of safety products
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 19 November 2008
Sales holding up - just
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Public access denied to medieval quay
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Crews must deal with broaches, Chinese gybes, shredded sails, boat damage and illness
Press Report/Yachting World, 19 November 2008
Ian Walker describes the events leading up to the boom snapping in two
Yachting World, 19 November 2008
Thomas Colville is off
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Sail 4 Cancer cards on sale
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Mike Perham heads into Bay of Biscay
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Scientists help to save SAR time
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 19 November 2008
Watch the latest videos from Sam Davies on Roxy as she works enjoys some downwind racing
Yachting World, 18 November 2008
16-yr old begins non-stop circumnavigation
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008
Steyr Motors GMBH has won this year's DAME award with its Diesel Electric Hybrid System
Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008
METS gives UK thumbs up
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008
Nearly all the yachts have arrived in Las Palmas as the pace of preparation picks up
Practical Boat Owner, 18 November 2008
Thomas Coville begins his round the world race against time on board Sodeb'O
Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008
Green Dragon's boom has broken in a 50 knot squall
Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008
OceansWatch project to Vanatu successful
Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008
Supertanker snatched with $100m of oil
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008
Self-repairing carbon-composite structures trialled
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008
Loick Peyron gybes back to the west and emerges as new race leader
Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008
Yachtsman files from the Vendée
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008
Despite conditions fleet has already covered more than 1000 miles
Press Report/Yachting World, 18 November 2008
Solo, round-the-world record
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 18 November 2008
A final night in port for the record-breaking teenage sailor Mike Perham
Practical Boat Owner, 17 November 2008
Pool containing 15,000 litres of water and 14 boats will make Suzuki's stand biggest ever
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 17 November 2008
UK designed and built boat will attempt to break the world speed record off African coast
Press Report/Yachting World, 17 November 2008
Help this excellent charity
Motor Boat and Yachting, 17 November 2008
Get ready for Earls Court event
Motor Boat and Yachting, 17 November 2008
Jean Le Cam takes first position as the leading pack negotiate the Cape Verde Islands
Press Report/Yachting World, 17 November 2008
Beluga Racer has taken line honours to win the Portimão Global Ocean Race's first leg
Press Report/Yachting World, 17 November 2008
Strategy bears fruit for Frenchman
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008
New blue water cruiser
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008
VO70s bound 4,450nm to India
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008
Blue Water Rallies launches Atlantic Islands Rally
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 17 November 2008
Racing re-started on Saturday, Puma took an early, lead Ericsson 3 were the first to break gear and then the wind shut down…
Yachting World, 17 November 2008
Guy Swindells hosts this week's podcast from Cape Town
Yachting World, 14 November 2008
A number of D3 engines built using incorrect alloy, which could leak to fuel leakage
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 14 November 2008
Southern Ocean shows its true colours
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 14 November 2008
Earls Court boat show feature
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 14 November 2008
Girl power
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 14 November 2008
Elaine Bunting reviews the first week of the solo round the world race, and analyses what lies ahead
Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 14 November 2008
Maintenance required on the shortcut from west to east Scotland
Practical Boat Owner, 13 November 2008
Vendée hopeful Alex Thomson is out of the race following serious structural damage to Hugo Boss
Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008
Alex Thomson resigns from Vendee
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
Want to feel wet and cold? Here's Sam Davies's video of Roxy on day 1 of the Vendée Globe
Yachting World, 13 November 2008
From Maurice Bailey to James Bond
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
Loïck Peyron takes command of race and increases distance between himself and chasing pack
Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008
British Team Mowgli is the first into the Southern Ocean on the first leg of the race
Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008
Sam Davies' latest missive
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
Port bosses waive mooring fees for
Lord Nelson
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
Electric boat built by daughter of legendary inventor to appear at Düsseldorf Boat Show
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 13 November 2008
Alex Thomson Racing Team assess the damage and what is necessary for a restart
Press Report/Yachting World, 13 November 2008
Hijackers take on Royal Marines
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
More than 80 jobs could go
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
Sailor charged with setting off fire extinguishing system
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
Charity looking for runner for 2009 event
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
Alex Thomson's shore team inspects damage to Open 60
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 13 November 2008
James Peters lined up with 10 names
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
A bigger job than first thought as strips of carbon are peeled from hull
Yachting World, 12 November 2008
Respite from the storm
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
New type 45 destroyer to be Solent based
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
Over 200 boats gathering in Canaries
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
Ellen MacArthur's team mate Seb Josse leads the Vendée Globe onboard BT
Press Report/Yachting World, 12 November 2008
Take a thrill-ride in the RNLI lifeboat simulator at the Sail, Power and Watersports Show
Practical Boat Owner, 12 November 2008
How to diagnose a whale
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
A chance to ride the twin-hulled rocket
Motor Boat and Yachting, 12 November 2008
Sailing round The Rock
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
Ben Ainslie becomes first sailor to be awarded the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year three times
Press Report/Yachting World, 12 November 2008
The world's smallest drive-in floating cinema will created for one showing only as part of the Cromarty Film Festival.
Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 12 November 2008
Freon gas responsible for 20 casualties
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
A 17-year-old A-level student has become the RNLI's youngest lifeboat crew member.
Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 12 November 2008
Southampton man takes the States - again!
Motor Boat and Yachting, 12 November 2008
But the race goes on
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
Gongs for Ben Ainslie and Alessandra Sensini
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
In more favourable winds the Vendée skippers are pushing south making around 12 knots
Press Report/Yachting World, 12 November 2008
Gallons of radioactive water spilt
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 12 November 2008
33rd America's Cup teams reach consensus on rules governing the event
Yachting World, 11 November 2008
Builder gets together with Conran design house to rework interiors of existing models
Carl Richardson / Motor Boats Monthly, 11 November 2008
Are they visiting a yacht club near you?
Motor Boat and Yachting, 11 November 2008
Sail, Power & Watersports Show stand, with lifejacket advice
Motor Boat and Yachting, 11 November 2008
Team behind online version of well-known almanac are hitting the road to introduce boaters to the new web service
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 11 November 2008
As BMW Oracle is excluded from talks, spokesman Tom Ehman posts a reminder as to the key points in the argument
Yachting World, 11 November 2008
Rough start
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 11 November 2008
Leading solo sailor Michel Kleinjans has had to slow down en route to Cape Town
Press Report/Yachting World, 11 November 2008
Sealine have joined forces with Sir Terence Conran's design company
Motor Boat and Yachting, 11 November 2008
Must not go out if she's in class
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 11 November 2008
Alex has discovered a crack on the port side of the hull and is returning to Les Sables d'Olonne
Press Report/Yachting World, 11 November 2008
QE2 goes aground on the Bramble Bank in the Solent in strong winds
Practical Boat Owner, 11 November 2008
Liner prepares for final voyage
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 11 November 2008
Vendee Globe race casualties grow
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 11 November 2008
The 70,000-tonne ocean liner bottoms out on sandbank on way to Southampton for celebrations
Claire Frew / Motor Boats Monthly, 11 November 2008
Race committee decree Brian Thompson must stop for four hours
Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 10 November 2008
BW officials take to the towpaths to seize license evaders
Practical Boat Owner, 10 November 2008
Guillemot still leads, Caffari is highest placed Brit in seventh, and a third Frenchman turns back
Press Report/Yachting World, 10 November 2008
Experience an RNLI lifeboat rescue at the Earls Court Boat Show
ybw.com, 10 November 2008
Points leader favoured to maintain leading slot
Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 10 November 2008
Top American team to compete in European P1 series
Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 10 November 2008
Follow this everyday sailor is his single-handed journey around the globe.
ybw.com, 10 November 2008
Sea-life galore for Pete Goss and crew
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 10 November 2008
Speedy Frenchman claims Discovery Route record
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 10 November 2008
Headwinds of 30 knots and 6 metre seas greeted the Vendee Globe fleet as they left France
Press Report/Yachting World, 10 November 2008
Michel Desjoyeaux latest casualty
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 10 November 2008
Workers on five production lines will be cut to three-day and two-day weeks
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 10 November 2008
Dances With Waves tracked from Caribbean
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 10 November 2008
Tough first night for solo sailors
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 10 November 2008
Alinghi, Luna Rossa, TeamOrigin and Desafío Español race CNEV's annual regatta in Valencia
Yachting World - Press report - Alinghi, 10 November 2008
Dee Caffari's brilliant start of the solo round the world race is the talk of the town
Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 9 November 2008
Pride, sadness and trepidation show as British skippers leave to race round the world
Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 9 November 2008
Legions of fans swarm over Les Sables d'Olonne
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 9 November 2008
Hundreds of thousands turn out to wish the fleet well
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 9 November 2008
Honda series to re-visit Channel Isles and North Wales
Ray Bulman Motor Boat and Yachting, 8 November 2008
Excitement and tension build as fleet prepares to leave Les Sables
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
This week's YW podcast is now online. Matthew Sheahan and Guy Swindells report from Cape Town
Yachting World, 7 November 2008
Essex purchase follows Wales and Scotland
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Take a look at a video trailer for The Superyacht Cup Palma 2008
Yachting World, 7 November 2008
How will the British entrants fare?
Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
An interview with the everyman who never stopped believing
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Crown Estate acquires another marine leisure site
Motor Boat and Yachting, 7 November 2008
First blooding for the solo round the race will claim some early victims says Mike Golding
Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 7 November 2008
New Hilton resort slammed over environment
Motor Boat and Yachting, 7 November 2008
Rumblings of commercial discontent in Les Sables shot down
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Dee hopes to become the first woman to sail solo and non-stop both ways around the world
Press Report/Yachting World, 7 November 2008
MacArthur's back in Les Sables to cheer on team mate
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Alex Thomson faces another setback
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Jury vote on man who drowned cruising couple
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Poole outlet take on duties for Essex
Motor Boat and Yachting, 7 November 2008
Peyron's hopes are blowing in the wind
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Francis Joyon, skipper of the maxi trimaran IDEC, completes the Discovery Route in record time
Press Report/Yachting World, 7 November 2008
Steve White's Toe in the Water joins the fleet
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
60 ft yacht boarded by armed police
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 7 November 2008
Louis Vuitton announces the 12 teams that will compete in the Pacific Cup while the Spanish prepare for this weekend's Cup regatta in Valencia
Press reports, 7 November 2008
Who is odds-on for the race known as the Everest of the Seas?
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 6 November 2008
Hectic scenes on the pontoons - and it's only Thursday!
Chris Beeson/Yachting Monthly, 6 November 2008
Animal targets powerboats in Brighton
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 6 November 2008
After extensive sea trials, the team discovers a potential problem
Press Report/Yachting World, 6 November 2008
Institute benefits from three years of license-free computing
Practical Boat Owner, 6 November 2008
Boats to be auctioned daily at the show
Motor Boat and Yachting, 6 November 2008
SS Great Britain hosts Green Blue conference
Motor Boat and Yachting, 6 November 2008
The life-saving charity puts video cameras on its boats and shares its seafaring know-how.
ybw.com, 6 November 2008
Second unplanned stop for teenage circumnavigator
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 6 November 2008
On Sunday, six British solo sailors start the round the world race in some cracking new Open 60s. We look at their chances
Elaine Bunting/Yachting World, 6 November 2008
HMS Illustrious has arrived at Greenwich for a week-long visit.
Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 5 November 2008
Pyrotechnics to be replaced by night-vision goggles
Yachting Monthly, 5 November 2008
Making a positive environmental impact one boat owner at a time
Practical Boat Owner, 5 November 2008
VO70's damaged keel revealed
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 5 November 2008
This year's Dutch Classic Boat Show starts 7 November
Steffan Meyric Hughes, Classic Boat, 5 November 2008
Winds have kicked in and speeds are building for the crews of the Portimão Global Ocean Race
Press Report/Yachting World, 5 November 2008
Desafío, Team Origin, Alinghi and Luna Rossa train in Valencia for 2nd Desafío Trophy
Press Report/Yachting World, 5 November 2008
Woking man wins prize worth £5,500 from Zodiac UK, Yamaha and SBS Trailers.
ybw.com, 5 November 2008
The MTB102 Trust has taken over Newsons Boatyard in Lowestoft.
Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 4 November 2008
Test drive Sealine's latest
Motor Boat and Yachting, 4 November 2008
The deadline of 10 November is rapidly approaching for our 2008 Restoration of the year competition.
Classic Boat, 4 November 2008
Have you seen the guitar motorboat?
Motor Boat and Yachting, 4 November 2008
Five migrants eat dead comrade to stay alive
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 4 November 2008
Queen Elizabeth 2, Cunard's flagship for over 30 years, will make her final UK call on November 11.
Nick Hall / Motor Boats Monthly, 4 November 2008
Iraqi Government hopes for a quick sale of 270ft boat, featuring gold taps, swimming pools and operating theatre
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 4 November 2008
Brit Steve White relaunches Spirit of Weymouth today under a new name
Press Report/Yachting World, 4 November 2008
Two thirds of the fleet built for race
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 4 November 2008
DNA in bones confirm find
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 4 November 2008
Exhibitors will include Raymarine, Icom, Mastervolt, Marine AV, Webasto and Ocean Safety
Practical Boat Owner, 3 November 2008
Broadblue and Sadler saved
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
Lapita voyage boats launched in Philippines
Ben Meakins, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
Ericsson 3 crossed the line in third, but drops to fourth after penalties are imposed. Matthew Sheahan reports from Cape Town
Yachting World - Matthew Sheahan, 3 November 2008
Safety equipment must be kept up to date
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
Rain and gale force winds drives boat ashore
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
44 footer in knockdown
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
Credit crunch assistance
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
The thoughts of sailor Mike
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
Thomson back on track
Dick Durham, Yachting Monthly, 3 November 2008
Sailrocket hits new peaks during the team's latest trials and sees 46knots on the clock
Yachting World - press report, 3 November 2008
As Team Puma was celebrated second, a Formula 1 driver was beyond consolation over the same result - Matthew Sheahan reports from Cape Town
Yachting World - Matthew Sheahan, 2 November 2008
Torben Grael's team crosses the line in Cape Town at 0554GMT and now leads overall
Yachting World - press report, 2 November 2008
Rib-X "did not meet its responsibilities" as builder of defective RIB that fell apart in Poole earlier this year
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 31 October 2008
RYA to build £4 million facility for sailing in Portland
Perry Cleveland-Peck, 31 October 2008
RYA to build a multi-purpose facility in Dorset to be the central base of UK sailing
Press Report/Yachting World, 31 October 2008
Briton Ross Hobson's catamaran washes up on a beach in the Bahamas two years after capsizing
Press Report/Yachting World, 31 October 2008
With only ten days to go before the race start, Les Sables d'Olonne's pontoon is getting busier
Press Report/Yachting World, 31 October 2008
The latest blogs from some of the crewmembers as they battle big seas and squalls
Press Report/Yachting World, 31 October 2008
One dead and boats wrecked in Force 10 blow
Nicola Rodriguez, 31 October 2008
Eleven challengers meet with the current Cup holders according to a statement by Alinghi
Yachting World - Alinghi press report, 30 October 2008
The Italians put on a show
Motor Boat and Yachting, 30 October 2008
Senior Liberal Democrat MP works with MBM to make sure e-Borders concerns are heard
Stewart Campbell / Motor Boats Monthly, 30 October 2008
Death of prolific sailor and author
Yachting Monthly, 30 October 2008
Fuel sales jump before red diesel derogation
Yachting Monthly, 30 October 2008
Have you got one on your liferaft?
Motor Boat and Yachting, 30 October 2008
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