Sailing Today

Sailing Today is the magazine for hands on cruising sailors, offering a wealth of practical advice and a dynamic mix of in-depth boat, gear and equipment reviews.

It is written cover to cover by sailors for sailors. Since its launch in 1997, Sailing Today has sealed its reputation as the magazine for essential sailing information and advice.

Thanks to our superb team of experts, Sailing Today is packed with news and advice for the hands-on cruising sailor. Specialising in yachts between 25ft and 60ft, with fantastic market leading boat and gear tests, and regular advice about seamanship and navigation, Sailing Today delivers the practical back up needed for those who enjoy using their boats, be it cruising around the coast, across the channel or in blue waters.

Sailing Today

Skipper’s View • BOAT TESTS BRING A RANGE OF JOYS AND CHALLENGES AND AFTER 14 YEARS OF DPOING THEM, A HANDFUL STILL STAND OUT

CONTRIBUTORS

Still got the blues

Caribbean dream

Ebb and flow • EVENTS | NEWS | TALES FROM THE SAILING COMMUNITY

New boats - at the Multihull Show • Sam Jefferson looks at the latest designs and launches

FOLLOWING DREAMS • Selling up and going sailing as a family is a leap into the unknown – the more so if your sailing experience is limited. The Monk family were undeterred however. Pichaya Monk narrates their adventure

Paul Heiney • While obsessing about relatively minor things go bump in the night, Paul recalls an incident with a ship in the Atlantic that was a bit too close for comfort!

Andy Rice • Happiness is... a good day’s training and progress on the race course.... Should we sacrifice a bit of time racing for more practice days?

PLANNING A LITTLE BRITTANY • Clive Loughlin plans a ‘bucket list’ epic adventure to North Brittany

TIME OUT • SAM JEFFERSON REVIEWS THE LATEST BUNKSIDE READS, CLASSIC BOOKS AND MORE

PLANE SAILING • Beneteau has an ambitious new mission; to create a planing cruiser. Sam Jefferson buckles up aboard the First 30 to see if it achieved this aim

Tom Cunliffe • As Tom discovered on a voyage to the Arctic, plotters don’t always fill you with the sort of confidence you’d expect

MAGIC ROUNDABOUT • Georgie Corlett-Pitt gets the organisers’ perspective on this iconic event from Race Director Dave Atkinson…

BLUE WATER GOES GREEN • Long distance cruising is one thing but it’s also important to do it in a sustainable manner. Sam Fortescue looks at the options

HALLS OF FAME • A recent refurbishment and the launch of a new exhibition to celebrate the history of surfing in Cornwall are among the many good reasons to visit the National Maritime Museum Cornwall

BALTIC BEAUTY • Saare Yachts is an Estonian manufacturer that is little known in the UK but produces high quality cruisers. The 47 is its latest and Sam Fortescue steps aboard to discover more

BANGOR MARINA • Boatfolk’s Bangor Marina in Northern Ireland, in the heart of the City, offers highly rated marine and onshore facilities on the sunny side of Belfast Lough

FISH AND TIPS • With the Atlantic Ocean crossing season looming, Jenevora Swann shares some tips on how to get ready for offshore fishing, without breaking the bank

CHASING SUNSETS • Looking to stretch your sailing holiday skill and ability? How about venturing to one of the many exotic locations like the Indian Ocean, South East Asia or Australasia, where demand is on the increase

RUM WITH A VIEW • Rupert Holmes reports on the latest edition of Antigua Sailing Week, one of the Caribbean’s most appealing regattas

TREASURE ON TRINIDADE • Bluewater cruising is taken for granted these days – yet one pioneering adventure put it on the map. Sam Jefferson relates E F Knight’s South Atlantic...