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Our editorial staff selected 10 used sailboats under 36′ from all over the world. Which is your preferred one? SWAN 36   In the spring of 1968, a Swan 36 was delivered to British sailor, Dave Johnson, who skippered the yacht with remarkable success in regattas around the British Isles, …

Britain’s Dee Caffari will lead ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic’ – a mixed, youth focused team with a strong sustainability message in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. Her campaign, already backed by the Mirpuri Foundation and Ocean Family Foundation, is dedicated to the issue of ocean health. The sixth confirmed …

Peter Burling’s Emirates Team New Zealand started the day with a 2-1 lead in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff final over Nathan Outteridge and Artemis Racing.   Two hours later, Burling was sitting on match point, holding a 4-2 lead and taking a stranglehold on the series. But it …

Nathan Outteridge, the skipper of Artemis Racing, woke up Thursday morning staring down a 3-1 deficit in his Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoff semi final match against Dean Barker’s SoftBank Team Japan. But by mid-afternoon Friday, Outteridge and his team had won four consecutive races, claiming the match 5-3, …

Emirates Team New Zealand have decided to take on Land Rover BAR as their opposition in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Challenger Playoffs semi-finals. ORACLE TEAM USA won the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup Qualifiers and, with that victory, go into the America’s Cup Match with a valuable point already on …

The Volvo Ocean Race today unveiled a series of radical initiatives that will create the toughest all-round test in professional sailing and strengthen the appeal of the 44-year-old round-the-world race to pro sailors, team owners and their sponsors, race partners, host cities and fans. While the final preparations are being …

The all-new Hallberg-Rassy 340 will have world premiere at Scandinavia’s largest sailboat show, Open Yard in Ellös on Orust, West Sweden, 25-27 August 2017. This brand new model delivers the best Hallberg-Rassy stands for combined with the latest in design from Frers. The new Hallberg-Rassy 340 replaces the 342, that is …

With 7 boats refitted, and Team AkzoNobel’s new boat being fitted out, the Boatyard team is on the final stretch of a marathon which has been months in the making. Can they complete the final stretch against the clock? It’s the first time in the sport’s history that a refit …

Three Swedish sailors were rescued from a sailboat names AELA 1,200 miles off Cape Cod Saturday, according to the Coast Guard. The 32-foot sailing boat became disabled and dismasted. The sailors traveled from the Bahamas to Bermuda and made a last-ditch attempt to reach the Azores. The Hong Kong-flagged tanker Alpine Melina, responding to …

A brand digitally restored version of the official film for the 1973-74 Whitbread Round the World Race (now Volvo Ocean Race). The 1973–74 Whitbread Round the World Race, the first edition of the Whitbread Round the World Race, started off from Portsmouth, England on 8 September 1973. Seventeen yachts of …