Interested in the Maxi 1200? Here's a photo gallery with extra images of the Maxi 1200 during her sail trials
Yachting Monthly
Helicopter rescue at sea
A crewmember needs a helicopter rescue at sea, an airlift to hospital. You’ve radioed a Mayday and now there’s a helicopter overhead. What next? Tom Cunliffe reports
How an 8st crew can recover a 20st MOB
Could a wife save her husband’s life? Yes, but the key is a tried, tested and trusted plan, says Chris Beeson
A sailor’s guide to whales and dolphins
Spotting wild whales and dolphins while sailing is a joy, says marine conservationist Anna Moscrop
Jonty Pearce: Head In The Clouds
I worry about clouds. Not the fine grey fluffy ones that hog the sky and deny us our vitamin D, or the dark ones that so love to drench us,…
Tom Cunliffe podcast – Summer 2015
Have you noticed the way the world seems to spin a lot faster in the first few hours after returning from a cruise? It struck me hard when I came…
Dick Durham – podcast Summer 2015
There is a cartoon drawn by Mike Peyton that sticks in my mind. Two boats are sailing abeam from an anchorage in light conditions. The helmsman of the one nearest…
Libby Purves podcast – Summer 2015
I wrote a novel years ago, Casting Off, in which a furious wife, at the end of a scratchy weekend a deux, watches her husband carrying his bag up the…
Our verdict on the Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45DS
What’s she like to sail? The Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 45DS had options for shallow draught or a deeper, high-performance setup. We tested the performance option, so she had plenty of…
J Class racing in Falmouth
Three majestic J Class yachts battle it out off the south Cornish coast