Golden Globe Race 2026 entrant Gunnar Christensen takes us below deck on the colourful Pompoen.

Golden Globe Race 2026 entrant Gunnar Christensen takes us around his 1978 Hans Christian 34

'Sundowner time on the MC68' #luxuryyachtlife #sailing #yachtlife #sailboat #cannesyachtingfestival

'Even sailing this boat upwind is a pleasure' #beneteau #sailingvessel #luxuryyachtlife #luxurylife

'First 30 absolutely ripping along' #beneteau #sailinglife #sailingday #sailingadventures #yacht

'Have a look at the master cabin on here' #yachting #sailingboat #luxuryyachtlife #luxurylifestyle

The future is here... #luxurylifestyle #luxury #luxurylife #luxuryliving #cannesyachtingfestival

3 and a half thousand candles on the new Lagoon 82 for an evening concert in Cannes... #luxuryyachts

'This one has a big heart emoji from me' - Test Editor Toby Hodges aboard the new KC54 #luxuryyachts

Will it beat the popular 46.1? #cannesyachtingfestival #luxuryyacht #luxurylifestyle #luxuryliving

'Check out the mechanism below the swim platform on the Lagoon 82 - wow' #luxuryyachts #luxury

'That is something else' - Toby Hodges exploring the Lagoon 82 at the Cannes Yachting Festival

'wallywind number 2 taking centre stage at Cannes Yachting Festival 2025' #luxuryyachts #luxurylife

'Massive great leisure cockpit' #luxuryyachtlife #luxuryyachts #luxurylifestyle #luxuryliving #boats

A zesty new yacht is on the Hanse stand at Cannes - the Hanse 590. #luxuryyachtlife #sailing #yacht

Dockside moments from the Ocean Globe Race Europe in Genoa, Italy. #oceanracing #oceanrace #sailing

What a rare sight this big cat is...

A quick look aboard the new Lagoon 38 at the Cannes Yachting Festival... #luxuryyacht #luxurylife

Sounds from Genoa and the IMOCAs for the Ocean Race Europe... #oceanrace #oceanracing #yachtlife

It’s all in the detail – beautiful, curved shapes hand-laminated for the finest of form and finish.

'This is the spot - I found it' #luxuryyachtlife #luxuryyachts #luxurylifestyle #luxury #sailing

'You can keep sailing all day in this sort of breeze and enjoy doing it' #sailing #yachting #luxury

A pit stop with Cole Brauer after the Ocean Race Europe Leg 4.

'That's pretty respectable for a 50-tonne cruising yacht' #sailingvessel #sailingboat #sailinglife

'Immensely, immensely proud - the team sailed so hard' #yachtracing #sailinglife #sailingpassion

A quick tour aboard the foiling IMOCA 60 Biotherm, with team manager Clotilde Lafont.

'It's a one finger job in this... light breeze at the moment' #sailing #sailinglife #sailingpassion

'It's one of those days that's getting better and better' #luxuryyachtlife #yachtlife #yachting

'I haven't wanted to leave the helm, really' #luxuryyachtlife #luxuryyachts #sailinglife #sailing

'This shows the detail of the fitout quite nicely' #luxuryyachtlife #electronics #marineengineering

'There is stowage everywhere' #luxuryyachtlife #luxuryyachts #sailing #luxurylifestyle #yachting

'Proper joiner work' #luxuryyachtlife #luxuryyachts #luxurylifestyle #luxury #luxuryliving #yacht

'As you can see, easy to manage from a single helm area' - Toby Hodges on the Knysna 500SE #luxury

How’s the outlook? Amazing with Contest Yachts. Simple aesthetics, extraordinary engineering #ad

'As you can see, it's a clean deck' #luxuryyachtlife #luxuryyachts #luxurylifestyle #sailing #boats

'It is an animal' #luxuryyachtlife #yachtracing #yachtlife #sailing #luxurylifestyle #boating

'Can you imagine doing the Fastnet on here?!' #luxuryyachtlife #yachtracing #luxuryyachts #yachting

'Some really neat features modern racers will get used to' #yachtracing #yachting #sailingyacht

'When you want a good boat to go fast, you need good sailors' #luxuryyachtlife #yachtracing #yacht

'We tried to figure out what our community wants' #luxuryyachts #luxurylifestyle #luxuryyachtlife

'We also thought it was a bit ridiculous at some points' #rolexfastnetrace #yachtracing #sailingrace

'This is beyond our expectations, so we are very, very pleased' - Tristan Le Brun #rolexfastnetrace

'They're just amazing boats to drive' - Sam Goodchild after sailing in the Rolex Fastnet Race 2025

'We were stuck at 2 knots for one hour' - Tom Laperche, Rolex Fastnet Race winner #yachtracing

'Each edition is very different' - Armel Le Cleac'h, Banque Populaire in the Rolex Fastnet Race

'We were joking how much quicker we came back than we went out' - Peter Burling, Rolex Fastnet Race

'It's going to be some pretty fast and close racing in the IMOCA fleet' #fastnet #yachtracing #yacht

'This should be able to beat a TP52 by around 20 seconds per hour' #luxuryyachts #racing #superyacht