What you can find in the March 2024 issue of the Sailing Journal

Finally. The March 2024 issue of the Sailing Newspaper (issue #539, from back in 1975!) is on newsstands and digitally by downloading our free app(here if you have iOS, here for Android). We tell you about it in advance!

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We tell you about everything below in the new March issue of the Sailing Newspaper!

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Sustainability – what is there – what is not there – what will be there

Let’s face it, the truly sustainable sailboat does not exist. And we are still far from being able to imagine it. We are talking about a “real” boat, standard, marketable and saleable. Of course, the most sustainable means of transportation we can imagine is a sailing hull when it sails moved only by the wind. Very romantic. But the issue is not so simple. Inquiry

Coming soon – 16 new items from 8.99 to 19.70 meters

We scoured the Dusseldorf show and the market for the very latest innovations that we will see on the water this year or in 2025. The trend toward wider and higher boats on the water is not losing steam, in fact it is being revived, but at the same time deck equipment is becoming increasingly minimal and the backstay often disappears. And then there is the issue of sustainability, which some construction sites are beginning to address in earnest, with concrete solutions to reduce environmental impact

Grand Tour – Around the world with just a few meters

Two passionate sailors aged 39 and 55 tell how they participated in the world’s most crowded regattas with a 7-meter boat entering the Guinness Book of World Records, devised the world’s highest matchrace on Lake Titicaca, and challenged the Loch Ness Monster on an inflatable microboat. Now they will sail underground and among icebergs. For the love of sailing.

The 10 Islands of Treasures – The Best of the Mediterranean

The most authoritative travel guide, Lonely Planet, has chosen the world’s most beautiful islands. We have selected the ten best in the Mediterranean, known and unusual. Here are the ten islands richest in treasures, nature, myths and stories to be rediscovered in 2024. By boat and beyond.

America’s Cup – Dress like the champions

Here’s a preview of the apparel the America’s Cup teams are wearing that you can have, too.

The tree and its secrets

Materials, positioning, adjustments, doubts finally dispelled. We reveal everything you need to know about rigging your boat to make it work at its best and thus sail safer and faster. Cruising and racing.

Beppe Croce – The Emperor

He was the first man to be simultaneously president of Italy’s oldest club, the Italian Yacht Club, of the Italian Sailing Federation and of the World Sailing Federation. Meanwhile, he was racing at the highest level with his Manuelas and in major offshore races such as the Admiral’s Cup. For pleasure he invented regattas that became myths such as the Giraglia and hosted the world jet-set in Portofino while thinking about the America’s Cup with Gianni Agnelli and John Kennedy. Beppe Croce has been a true emperor of sailing for three decades. We remember him 110 years after his birth.

Boats of the Month – Hallberg-Rassy 69 – Saffier SE 24

Hallberg-Rassy 69 – Blue Blood

We boarded the largest Hallberg-Rassy ever, a pure 22-meter bluewater cruiser that immediately makes people dream of going around the world. Signature, as always, of the German Frers studio.

Saffier SE 24 – The “Lambo” of sailing

The Saffier 24 recalls the glamour of luxury sports cars: stylish, fun, that’s how this thoroughbred daysailer sails.

What else is in the March issue of the Sailing Newspaper

In addition to these super features, you will find in the March issue of the Sailing Newspaper:

• Patrizio Bertelli’s new superboat. A 1909 P-Class Amoret
• The story of Niccolò Banfi who “went to see Schackleton”
• 10 Classic Boat “cult” from 11 to 13 meters
• The 10 things you don’t know about Giovanni Soldini’s Ferrari superboat
• tips for changing mainsail shape by taking advantage of cunningham, vang and backstay
• this month’s regattas featuring the legendary Jules Verne Trophy
• the stages of the VELA Cup 2024
• our updated price list with technical data and price

And much, much more!

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