Check out the winners of our cruising life photo contest! The two winners each received a pair of Barz Optics polarized sunglasses.

After a long overnight sail from St. Martin, we anchored off Prickley Pear Island, North Sound, BVI, and immediately went for a swim to celebrate another safe passage! This is a well-timed shot of my wife jumping off the boat. Photo by Jeremiah Jacobson

Dansk Sejlunion har publiceret intruktionsvideoer om alt fra knob til havnemanøvre.

Der er skønt at sidde på sin båd og se en virkelige fagmand sejle nid og lægge til. Det hele ser så nemt ud. Ingen stress, ingen råbte ordrer, ingen sure miner og ikke mindst - ingen skader på båden. Hvordan pokker gør de det?
Hvordan gør de det egentligt? De gamle søulke gør det bare. Andre gode sejler siger ting som "Du sejler bare over spring", eller "Det er meget let, bare tænk på dit opskud" eller den værste "Tja, du skal bare øve dig lidt"!

Der zweite Katamaran von Cup-Verteidiger Oracle Team USA hat erste Segeltests absolviert - und fand auf Anhieb eine stabile Fluglage

Insgesamt wirkt der Kat robuster, klarer, aufgeräumter als der Vorgänger. Offenbar wurde viel Wert auf eine Reduzierung des aerodynamischen Widerstandes gelegt. Auffällig sind die mehr nach innen geneigten L-Foils. So soll offenbar Lift auch aus den zuvor senkrechten Flächenanteilen erzeugt werden. Außerdem ist der Heckspoiler augenscheinlich gewachsen und ausgeprägter, um die Fluglage bei hohen Geschwindigkeiten zu stabilisieren. Das Flügelsegel setzt sehr tief an, wodurch normalerweise der induzierte Widerstand …

Samstagabend wurden die Oscars der Megayachtbranche bei einer Galaveranstaltung in Istanbul vergeben. Ein Abend der roten Teppiche, langen Roben, schwarzen Fracks und so abgehoben wie die Branche.

Der 37 Meter langen Royal Huisman Werftbau "Pumula" wurde anlässlich des achten "World Superyacht Award" als bester Segler ausgezeichnet. Der von der Zeitschrift "Boat International" ausgelobte Preis wird in zahlreichen Kategorien an große Segel- und Motoryachten vergeben und gilt als Oscar der Superyachtbranche.

"Pumula ist der Inbegriff der modernen Segelyacht mit klassischen Linien", heißt es in der Begründung. "Sie ist nach höchsten Ansprüchen …

Sören Hansen, erfolgreicher Regattasegler und Trimmexperte der Segelmacherei Elvström Sails erklärt die wichtigsten Handgriffe, die beim Trimmen des Mastes zu beachten sind. Teil eins der großen Trimmserie bei YACHT tv.

Det er i år 30 år siden ett av seilsportens største øyeblikk, da John Bertrand og mannskapet på «Australia II» ble de første som etter 132 år greide å fravriste amerikanerne den berømte pokalen som New York Yacht Club hadde vunnet i 1851.

I sitt tredje forsøk kom den australske millionæren Alan Bond opp med en båt som viste seg å være overlegen amerikanernes 12 metere. Takket være vingkjølen utviklet av designeren Ben Lexcen kunne «Australia II» komme raskere ut av slagene og peke lavere på lensen med samme fart som konkurrentene. Før finaleseilasene hadde John Bertrand lekt med konkurrentene i Louis Vuitton Cup og alle forsøkene den New York…

China's International Sailing Centre came alive on the opening day of the Extreme Sailing Series in Qingdao, where Land Rover's three-year sponsorship as Series Main Partner of the original stadium sailing series was officially signed before the unveiling and naming ceremony of the Land Rover-branded Extreme 40.

On the open water racecourse, the Swiss teams Alinghi and Realteam dominated in testing light winds, edging ahead on the leaderboard at the end of day one as the teams prepare to move into stadium mode over the next three days.

Morgan Larson has taken the tiller from regular helm Ernesto Bertarelli on Alinghi in Qingdao and after win…

Nå kan du få deg en nyrestaurert og vakker spissgatter. Spissgatterne var populære i Norge helt frem til plastbåtalderen. Og ganske særlig var 19,5 kvm-båtene i skuddet.

Nå er en nyrestaurert og vakker båt avertert til salgs. Har du planer om å skaffe deg en klassisk seilbåt for å være med på den store Europe Week-regattaen på Østlandet neste sommer, bør du ta en titt på denne flotte 19,5 kvm'eren som er totalrestaurert av den nederlandske båtbyggeren Fredrik Heerlien.

Artemis Racing's Mark Carpenter updates on the latest modifications done on the team's first AC72, while the second AC72 is rumored to be flown in from Valencia one of these days

Yacht skipper Roland Wilson faces three charges of flouting maritime law after his boat was in collision with a 120,000-tonne oil tanker during Cowes Week. The 31-year-old denied a charge of failing to keep a proper look-out and also pleaded not guilty to two charges of impeding the passage of the crude-oil tanker, when he appeared before Southampton Magistrates yesterday.

Wilson's 33ft yacht Atalanta of Chester, with a crew of seven, got tangled up with the 870ft ship's anchor on 6 August, 2011.

One of Wilson's crew was treated at hospital for a head injury.

You have to admire the concentration of this crew, which does not appear to notice what is happening behind them.

Intrepid 375 Walk Around Test 2013- By BoatTest.com For more reviews, test data, performance chart, captain reports and more about Intrepid 375 Walk Around, go to www.boattest.com

Etter to dager med forhold som ikke egnet seg for en jomfrutur kunne Oracle Team USA endelig ta sin første tur i den nye båten. Den nye båten ser ut til å være stivere og ha litt mer stabilitet enn den første båten og det tok ikke lang tid før den kom seg opp på [...]

Med kun en 50 hk motor svævede vi over bølgerne under Nordisk Bådtest i Son, tæt på Oslo. Foils under FOILtwister sparer en for over 60 procent benzin, fortæller opfinderen.

De nordiske bådjournalister her i Son, tæt på Oslo, fik sig noget af et chok i går, da de så FOILtwister svævende hen over bølgerne, som en International Moth eller i America's Cup, hvor foils er hot, hot på AC 72erne. Minbaad.dk, der nu afløser Bådmagasinet som dansk medie til Nordisk Bådtest af 30 mindre motorbåde, fik en tur med opfinderen, Bjørn Ljungdahl, der er uddannet ingeniør.

It's Family Island Regatta week down here in George Town and the town is abuzz with activity. We have never experienced the regatta first hand, but from what I hear, it's a BIG deal in these parts and promises "traditional Bahamian sloop racing at it's finest." The regatta draws a huge crowd and the population of this small town allegedly doubles this week, going from five to ten thousand people. Bahamians come in from all the neighboring islands to cheer on their respective boats, captains and their crews. It's like Mardi Gras meets Key West Race Week and it's (apparently) a week long party that entices spectators from around the world.

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta came to a conclusion yesterday with a high spirited prizegiving at English Harbour. Robert Tobin and the crew of the Fife ketch Sumurun, designed and built by William Fife in 1912, won the regatta overall and received the prize of a watch from sponsors Panerai. Among the prizes given out last night, a special lifetime achievement award was made to Carriacou boatbuilder Alwyn Enoe.

His designs account for six of the Carriacou sloops that raced at Antigua this week, all of them designed by eye and built on the beach in Carriacou by him and his sons.

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While idling through a no-wake zone, the tropical blue waters of Biscayne Bay look entirely unintimidating. Sure, there are dozens of other boats moving through the channels in every direction and large container ships being piloted into port just around the corner, but it all looks … manageable. Then Marc Granet hammers the throttles and everything changes.

Granet is one of the best boat drivers in the world. He steers Miss Geico, a 50-foot Victory catamaran with twin Mercury 1650 racing sterndrives, to speeds over 150 miles per hour next to other race boats running so close they're almost touching. He's won six world championships, set four w…

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Italienischer Sieg beim Fleetrace der ACWS in Neapel, aber Tom Slingsby und Oracle holen sich das Matchrace und den Gesamtsieg

Die erste und einzige Regatta der America's Cup World Serie für 2013 ist in den Büchern. Vor beeindruckender Kulisse in Neapel - man schätzte, dass die Schlussregatten am Sonntag von rund 100.000 Zusehern am Ufer verfolgt wurden - gab es einen Heimsieg für Luna Rossa Swordfish mit Skipper Francesco Bruni, die das Fleetrace-Finale für sich entscheiden konnten.

Auf Platz zwei folgte schon Oracle Racing Team USA, diesmal mit dem australischen Lasersegler Tom Slingsby am Steuer. Slingsby vertrat seinen Landsmann Jimmy Sp…