Sailing Today with Yachts & Yachting April 2025 Sample

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CHILL OUT

Dodging icebergs in Greenland

SPRING SAILING

l Pre season prep

l Plan your next adventure

l Best new kit for 2025

HIGHLAND FLING

Solo to the Outer Hebrides

FRENCH POLISH

Beneteau Oceanis 37.1 on test

VENDEE GLOBE RACE

Triumph and tears

Wave goodbye!

Fancy crossing tha Atlantic in a 19’ plywood yacht? Perhaps notbut that is precisely what a band of 12 daring racers did as part of the qualifier for the Mini Globe Race. Not content with that, they set out from Antigua on 23 February on a round the world race like no other. We’ll keep you updated on their progress.

World’s Toughest Row / MGR2025

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THE TWO

RONAS

Singlehanded sailor Murray Longmore makes a voyage from one Rona to the other (and comes up with an idea for a race)

OCEANIS

APART

Sam Jefferson tests Beneteau’s Oceanis 37.1; a mid sized cruiser that proved itself to be full of surprises

Spring preparation is tough enough on one boat – what’s it like putting a charter fleet back on the water. Sail Ionian’s Tom Fletcher explains

SPRING INTO A NEW SEASON

THE DREAM

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