Yachting World October 2021

A few months ago we ran an article on ‘how to work from your yacht’. It sparked quite a conversation. Whilst the feature focussed on the logistics - how to juggle the competing demands of boat maintenance and a job, how to set up with reliable data - it raised a wider debate. Should you work from your yacht? Is it feasible to combine cruising with ‘everyday’ life, or should sailing be about disconnecting? Patrick and Sheila Dixon are firm believers that it is possible to ‘have it all’. To cruise, but to continue to build a serious career. To liveaboard, but maintain a family home. And to spend time away, but regularly see family and friends. Their feature on ‘hybrid cruising’ makes for fascinating reading (see page 34). It won’t work…

A few months ago we ran an article on ‘how to work from your yacht’. It sparked quite a conversation. Whilst the feature focussed on the logistics - how to juggle the competing demands of boat maintenance and a job, how to set up with reliable data - it raised a wider debate. Should you work from your yacht? Is it feasible to combine cruising with ‘everyday’ life, or should sailing be about disconnecting? Patrick and Sheila Dixon are firm believers that it is possible to ‘have it all’. To cruise, but to continue to build a serious career. To liveaboard, but maintain a family home. And to spend time away, but regularly see family and friends. Their feature on ‘hybrid cruising’ makes for fascinating reading (see page 34). It…

After what must rank as one of the strangest Olympics ever to take place, Team GBR has continued its dominance in sailing, with British sailors taking five medals from the 10 fleets. Despite being in doubt almost until the opening ceremony, the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games eventually went ahead smoothly, athletes and coaches widely praising their Japanese hosts’ hospitality and efficiency. There were substantial compromises: no spectators, no family and friends to support, and no chance to explore Japan – competitors and staff were shepherded strictly between event locations and team bases. For stadium athletes used to the vibrant energy of a buoyed up crowd the lack of spectators will have been the most significant change. But for the sailors – more used to competing without observers than with – the greater challenges…

Race on for Paris 2024 Coming away from Tokyo 2020, some nations will be re-evaluating their sailing performance. Britain has now been the top sailing nation at every Games bar one (ironically, the 2012 London Olympics), ever since the ‘gold rush’ Games of Sydney 2000. With just three years until the Paris 2024 sailing event is held in Marseille, there is limited time in which to implement real change. For New Zealand, which matched Australia with four medals at Rio 2016, coming away with just one silver from Tokyo has raised debate over the funding levels their sailing team receive. There was disappointment too for the US sailing team, after reaching the medal race in just three events. However, with many classes where Britain has traditionally dominated disappearing for Paris 2024 – including the…

After what must rank as one of the strangest Olympics ever to take place, Team GBR has continued its dominance in sailing, with British sailors taking five medals from the 10 fleets. Despite being in doubt almost until the opening ceremony, the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games eventually went ahead smoothly, athletes and coaches widely praising their Japanese hosts’ hospitality and efficiency. There were substantial compromises: no spectators, no family and friends to support, and no chance to explore Japan – competitors and staff were shepherded strictly between event locations and team bases. For stadium athletes used to the vibrant energy of a buoyed up crowd the lack of spectators will have been the most significant change. But for the sailors – more used to competing without observers than with –…

Race on for Paris 2024 Coming away from Tokyo 2020, some nations will be re-evaluating their sailing performance. Britain has now been the top sailing nation at every Games bar one (ironically, the 2012 London Olympics), ever since the ‘gold rush’ Games of Sydney 2000. With just three years until the Paris 2024 sailing event is held in Marseille, there is limited time in which to implement real change. For New Zealand, which matched Australia with four medals at Rio 2016, coming away with just one silver from Tokyo has raised debate over the funding levels their sailing team receive. There was disappointment too for the US sailing team, after reaching the medal race in just three events. However, with many classes where Britain has traditionally dominated disappearing for Paris…