Category: Life Afloat

  • Keep Sailing This Winter.

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  • Contessa 26, at 50

    Contessa 26, at 50

    Rafted up © Barry Pickthall / PPL    Web: www.pplmedia.com August 2016: The Contessa 26 is 50 years old this summer and owners had a party in Lymington to celebrate Jeremy Rogers building (and restoring) so… […]

  • Mistakes to avoid at Cowes Week

    Mistakes to avoid at Cowes Week

    Every year there are scores of competitors who throw away the potential for good race results through mistakes that are easy to avoid. Rupert Holmes looks at eight of the most common 1. Too enthusiastic… […]

  • Cowes Dinard aboard Griff Rhys Jones’ yawl Argyll

    Cowes Dinard aboard Griff Rhys Jones’ yawl Argyll

    The Cowes–Dinard race is a 151NM qualifying competition for the Fastnet. Dan Houston joins Griff Rhys Jones aboard the S&S yawl Argyll for an overnight offshore race to remember It’s ten to three in the… […]

  • How Whooper wins the day

    How Whooper wins the day

    From our December issue: Opening photo shows: Whooper at the RYS Bicentenary regatta. Inside her is Cereste, third yacht is the S&S Clarionet – Photo James Robinson Taylor Solent based Whooper is a winning yacht… […]

  • Living on a barge – Humber Keel Daybreak

    Living on a barge – Humber Keel Daybreak

    Living on a barge offers a romantic lifestyle enjoyed by the waterborne community and for many it’s a dream – to get away from it all, especially if your barge is seaworthy and can travel… […]