Helen Fretter

Back in 1985 Margaret Thatcher was in Downing Street, Mikhail Gorbachev in the Kremlin, and a world-famous pop star was airlifted off his capsized yacht when Drum – belonging to Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran fame – turned over during the Fastnet Race. It wa... See more

We are deep in the South Atlantic on a screaming reach, riding the leading edge of the semi-permanent cold front that extends thousands of miles south east from Brazil’s Cabo Frio. Boat speed is peaking at 18-19 knots and we’re violently slamming into the... See more

Master Lock Comanche (Matt Allen & James Mayo) has won line honours in the 2025 Rolex Sydney Hobart , the 80th running of the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia’s classic 628-mile offshore race. The current race record holder (since 2017) finished the r... See more

When the Rothschilds and Gitana team unveil a new boat, they do it properly – and last night the huge team base in Lorient, France, became the theatrical backdrop to the grand unveiling of Gitana 18 , the highly anticipated new foiling Ultim . In a dramat... See more

“If someone gave you a lottery ticket with a 33 % chance of winning $2m, you’d snap their hand off!” said Dylan Fletcher , helmsman of the Emirates Great Britain Team during last weekend’s SailGP Grand Finale in Abu Dhabi. And certainly for a lot of the M... See more