There is a boat I’ve owned that has already sailed the race I never have. The rebuilt S&S 34 Morning After, 56 years since her first Sydney Hobart race Morning After is an S&S 34, the sister of the Morning Cloud that Edward Heath took to Sydney in December 1969 and won outright. Morning After…

The strait of Messina - Chaotic, changing currents, ferries, gusts and who’s obeying the rule of the road… beware! Part 2: the Nitty Gritty bit…but first a story from closer to home: The anchor at Portland In 2016 I won my class in the Myth of Malham by stopping. Silver Shamrock , a Ron Holland…

There is a particular danger with the RORC Cherbourg Race and I don’t mean the shipping, the Channel tide or arriving at the French coast in the dark. It simply looks too easy. It is only about 75 miles from Cowes; start off the Royal Yacht Squadron, get yourself out of the Western Solent, cross…

Many offshore crews are routing on numbers computed for a fictitious yacht. Here is where those numbers come from, why they go wrong, and how to replace them with your own.

This weekend’s Round Britain and Ireland Race will be a great adventure, however, technology is unlikely to decide the winner... again!

The modern offshore race boat is not short of screens. It may be short of independent truth, plus what Ukraine and Hormoz has taught us about technology

Why true wind angle is the core offshore reference, and when apparent wind still matters and why I'm writing this update as questions have been asked.

The difference between feeling lifted, sailing fast, and actually making ground offshore, I try and explain it all.

The tools are getting smarter. The navigator still has to be better.

From charts and instinct to algorithms and GRIBs an offshore perspective

and why less is more and it works every time