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Thank you (and everyone else), and yes there are some cracking images that show off the sport. For me it was a tough choice whether to show the boat or Alex. The other shot that I had to decide on, was the one in this piece in the Guardian...of Alex being hit by the water...It gives you an...

Thank you. It was an amazing, exciting, and very wet day. The way I’ve been describing the the ride is like sitting in the back of a pickup truck, bombing down a bumpy track, passing under waterfalls. Leeway is difficult because the apparent wind is so high, also they are optimised for off the...

My shot of Hugo Boss has made the shortlist for the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Photographer 2019. If you’d like to vote for me, I would be much obliged :0) https://www.yachtracingimage.com/gallery/2019/vende-globe-2020.html When I was onboard her we reached 32.9 knots. She’s quite a boat :D

Have a read of this feature I wrote for Sail magazine about Furling mainsails: https://www.sailmagazine.com/diy/how-to-a-trouble-free-furling-main

No argument about that here....I've put my back out lifting a 6 pack of cat food off the checkout counter and putting it in a trolley, but by far the worst and most unpredictable was when it went as I sneezed.

I've got an L5-S1 disc bulge after being hit by a motor boat. I go sailing, but I now have to be very careful what I do and how I do it on board. Three months after the incident I sailed around Scotland for three months, I was active and always on the move. The constant motion I found good for...

That was exactly my point :0) You have to do something (sheet in) in order to make reefing easier. Like wise if you know what you should be doing with in-mast reefing, it will be easier. But try reefing a slab reefing main without sheeting it in off the spreaders/shrouds and it’s a lot of effort.

Trying to reef with the mainsail against the spreaders/shrouds is a thankless task :)

Here are my thoughts in in-mast furling: https://www.sailmagazine.com/diy/how-to-a-trouble-free-furling-main I recently had to reply to a letter from an American reader concerning the feature. He suggested that in-mast furling shouldn't be used offshore and definitely not for bluewater...

Free entry here, kind of: http://grahamsnook.com/20-yachts-from-the-southampton-boat-show-2018-in-360-degrees/ OK, so you don't get to go to the show, but you get to have a look around the interiors of 20 boats that are at the show, without getting up off your seat, buying overpriced food or...

The English feed was videoed from a TV feed, which became evident when it went into a French politics show. The French feed was the native feed, and seemed really well set up. The English feed was poor, I got the impression I was watching an iPhone video of French TV with the sound turned down...

You’ll find lots of helpful information in the May issue of Yachting Monthly coming out in a few weeks. Port of Truro run things on the upper part of the river, £15 a night on the visitors buoys or pontoons (which have refuse facilities), 10 nights for £120 this include the drying berths at the...

Indeed, Amel's last sloop was in 1998. So three decades ago.

Great idea for a feature.... Ah.. http://www.yachtingmonthly.com/sailing-skills/stay-deck-avoid-mob-51411 :0D

We have a test of the Amel 50 in the forthcoming March issue of Yachting Monthly.