Sailing Blog

Deemed “Britain’s most successful sailor”, Ian Walker holds two silver Olympic medals. For 25 years, he spent most of the time on the water in a professional capacity. Ian Walker reveals his favourite holiday is a weeklong bareboat...

Holidays were invented for a reason—so you can take a temporary time-out from day-to-day routines and your mind, body, and soul can enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation. The most memorable holidays are one-of-a-kind instead...

Introducing Sunsail’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide for Sailors All products recommended by Sunsail are selected by our content team. All of our recommendations include links to third-party websites with which we are not affiliated. We...

Join us as we pick up where we left off on Hannah’s exciting journey through the sun-kissed BVI with her baby aboard our Sunsail 404. Read part one Time for the baths The Baths, on the...

Greece’s southern coast offers an enchanting journey through the Aegean and Saronic Gulf regions. Starting from Athens, you’ll explore a series of captivating destinations, each with its own unique charm and allure. From the historic...

Flotillas are just ducks in a row, aren’t they? The lead crew shoehorns you into sailing, eating and socialising to a strict timetable, right? Wrong. Rumours, myths, and half-truths abound when it comes to flotillas,...

So, I was all set to go to my first ever sailing regatta. I already had numerous personal charter holidays stamped in my passport and loved each one, but I was quite intrigued about the different...

The only coral island amid the Virgin Islands’ volcanic chain, Anegada is a hidden gem worth every bit of your wanderlust attention. The name “anegada” comes from the Spanish term “tierra anegada,” or flooded land, but rest...

You’re hooked. You fell for the call of whimsical waves and adrenaline-pumping wind, and now you can’t get enough. Sailing is a sport that grabs ahold of life, and once you’re incited by the joys...

When we arrive in sunny Croatia, we try to play it cool but don’t succeed. It’s almost like a bit of Tuscany has been dropped into the Balkan Adriatic: vineyards and olive groves carpet the steep hillsides,...