Toby Heppell

With more first-time buyers committing to a new yacht — often with less experience — what do you need to consider to make the biggest purchase of your life a pleasure?

Weather forecaster for the British Sailing Team since 2015, Simon Rowell, gives his advice on using a barometer to understand the forecast

Radical, fast, and surprisingly spacious. These four innovative scow yacht launches are rewriting the design rules for cruising sailors

Compact but diverse, the Oslofjord is a stunning cruising area, as Janneke Kuysters discovers

Think the tropics are just lines on a map? Think again. Here is how solar radiation, trade winds, and melting butter define the zone

We all have a pre-season boat checklist, but are your instruments lying to you? Here is how to ensure your electronics are accurate

Jamming and spoofing GPS signals is now rife in certain parts of the world, but there are ways for cruisers to survive unscathed

We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. This month Simon Hiscocks nominates the Grainger 075

Simon Hiscocks shares tips on planning a leeward gate rounding when flying an asymmetric spinnaker with Andy Rice

Is 50 knots still the magic number? Or will the latest launches go through sailing's ‘sound barrier' for mile after mile offshore?