There are sailing boats in all possible sizes, shapes and with different types of rigging. The variety is almost unbelievable and there is something for everyone. Not least for this reason, sailors like to stroll along the jetties in the harbour frequently - there is always something exciting or unusual to discover.
What does the editorial team sail?
As many of our readers are interested in the boats we use privately, we are revealing for the first time what kind of boats we spend our leisure time on. "Why is that exciting?" you may ask. Our editorial team is made up of enthusiastic sailors with over 300 years of combined experience on boats. On a great many boats, to be more precise.
Our chief tester Michael Good, for example, has scrutinised more than 500 boats for YACHT over the last 20 years. So what does someone who knows so much about sailing do privately? And how did we get our boats? The stories are wonderfully honest and bursting with passion.
Dream destinations near and far
In this issue, we also take you to several dream destinations. YACHT author and photographer Nico Krauss takes you to the Norwegian Lysefjord. The pictures and the description of this Scandinavian idyll definitely invite you to go sailing again, even if it takes a little more time. From Skagen, it is still around 220 nautical miles to the entrance to the inlet. But the summer is still long ...
Our long-standing head of the travel department Andreas Fritsch, who has undertaken around 60 charter trips for you in his 25 years at YACHT, writes about six fantastic European island destinations that (almost) nobody knows about. You will also find useful information and practical tips on how to skilfully moor to a mooring buoy.
Boats in a class of their own
The International Canoe is one of the fastest single-handed dinghies in the world, but requires a lot of practice - and the willingness to go for a swim. We present this "special boat" in a class of its own. As well as the Black Pepper Code 01, a real projectile!
Last but not least: Two transat and two sensational second places give Boris Herrmann and his team Malizia a lot of self-confidence. In this interview, the "Herrmannator" reveals what he attributes these successes to - and how he sees himself and his Vendée Globe rivals positioned.
Enjoy this issue!
Martin Hager, YACHT Editor-in-Chief
All topics of the new YACHT at a glance:
PANORAMA
Horizon
Snapshot of the Solaris Cup off Sardinia
Current
Shackleton's "Quest" found;
50 years of young sailors;
Sailor wrecked in the Seegatt;
Fuchs starts new expedition;
missing lock personnel
Journey
Damp partly open again;
Construction work in Guldborgsund;
Posse about silted harbour entrance from Lippe;
Sat nav app with routing
New boats
Hanse 360 cruising yacht;
High-tech racer Neo 600C;
Weekender Ventus 40
Sport
ORC Two-handed World Championship;
America's Cup;
52 Super Series;
Sail GP
Norway
The Lysefjord impresses with its stunning natural
natural scenery. Area report
Boris Herrmann
Two successful Atlantic regattas lie behind him, the
Vendée Globe ahead.
The Hamburg native on his chances of victory
Navigation series, part 4:
Planning routes and setting waypoints
- Sven Rutter explains how to do it
Law
Are paper nautical charts really compulsory on board, and if so,
how up-to-date do they need to be?
YACHT fleet
Which boats the editors sail privately and what they like about them
Gloss
Steffi von Wolff on the boundless freedom of sailing,
which sometimes ends abruptly at the jetty
Dream destinations
islands off Europe's coasts that are worth seeing and yet
but which hardly any sailors visit
Regatta
The mini-transat is gaining popularity in Germany.
Five Germans want to be part of it in 2025. We introduce them
On-board practice
Mooring to the mooring buoy:
Tricks and tips on how to make the manoeuvre safely
Reportage
The Kiel 24-hour regatta took place for the 50th time!
We sailed along
TEST & TECHNOLOGY
Black Pepper Code 0.1
Stylish design, high-quality equipment, fast underway:
A new yacht from French production is also set to delight German regatta fans.
fans. The boat in detail
SKIPPERS MAGAZINE
Hull inspection
The rudder blade is jammed, the log is not working, the propeller is making noise?
A wide variety of devices can be helpful in finding the cause.
We present the best of them
Equipment
Binoculars with innovative image stabilisation;
sunglasses;
wetsuit; splicing set;
fluorescent wind indicator
DIY
How YACHT readers skilfully use ropes and fenders
YACHT-MARKT
Germany's most up-to-date water sports market
On nine pages the complete offer for sailors: used boats, purchase requests,
broker and insurance offers, school and charter adverts
The special boat
When the canoe learnt to sail: the history of the International Canoe, the fastest single-handed dinghy ever
Wake
When the boss goes sailing: Christian Pukelsheim on his time out from his own company
