Many yachtsmen dream of the cruising lifestyle. We didn’t have the boat yet, but this is how we got hooked… with Bella Luna – By William Edwards
Ingrid Hale
Ingrid Hale
Publishing Editor in Chief. Ingrid has been boating since a toddler and sailing since she was 16. She started on Hobie Cats and competed in many National and World Championships. A keen windsurfer too, she moved onto “big boats” in the form of a racing yacht and enjoyed many successful campaigns on a GP42. Her love of all things to do with the ocean led her to Marketing and Communications in the world of sailing, managing 3 x Cape Town Stopovers for the Volvo Ocean race (Puma and Team SCA), and managing the Communications for the GP42 campaign, Lion of Africa Vulcan in the Cape to Rio Yacht Race. She has merged her passion for sailing with her passion for publishing to produce the annual magazine for RCYC SAIL, the SA Nautical Almanac and the South African Ocean Racing Legacy book. Her 25 years of experience in magazine publishing on titles such as Cosmo, Marie Claire, House and Leisure, Elle and Elle Decoration has provided a solid platform to develop Sail + Leisure.
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Sailing La Vagabonde – The Bahamas to the Mediterranean, through pirate scares and close…
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Time flew by or maybe we were just slowing down, but somehow three months of floating full-time around beautiful French Polynesia had already passed. Our old lives in Australia seemed a world away, although it had only been a year since I first suggested the idea of setting sail across the Pacific to Nick.
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Take a peak behind the scenes of the SailGP with their simulator at Artemis Techologies, an invaluable training tool for the athletes when they don’t have access to the real thing.
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The Cape to Rio Yacht Race 2020 started with the first class of boats leaving Table Bay on Sat, 4th Jan. The cruisers have been at sea for a week now and are making slow, but steady progress. But it’s the group of boats in the second start which will offer thrilling speeds and record breaking attempts as they battle it out across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Delivery skipper, Jason Ruger rediscovers balance while delivering a 45-ft Lagoon cat, Cheers, and 42-footer, Ruby Ruby 8000nm from France to Cape Town.
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Crete offers an ideal blend of pristine beaches, ancient treasures, vibrant cities and secret mountain hamlets. Justin Fox explores this jewel of the eastern Mediterranean.
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Why fly into a city when you can float into it? Like Venice, which lures 25 million tourists to its fragile shores every year. There’s simply no better way to arrive.
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A proud Italophile, lifestyle editor Helen Clemson discovers an off-the-beaten-track area in the hidden depths of Italy that’s been lovingly restored into a living, breathing rewind of a place that time forgot.
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Sailing is more than just a sport and anyone who has joined the community will tell you that there is no activity more jam-packed with life lessons. Here are a few ways in which all kids can benefit from learning how to sail.
