Yachting Monthly UK
IMPROVING SINGLE-LINE REEFING
Martin Watts explains how to reduce the friction on the reefing lines of newer yachts
5 min |
October 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
The secret of yachts with enduring appeal
Fashions come and go, but J-Boats remain a safe choice for great sailing boats, whether you want to own it for ever or sell it
2 min |
October 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW IT WORKS SEAWATER PUMP
The water and oil seals on a water pump shaft will eventually wear with time, leading to pump-shaft corrosion or loss of engine oil.
2 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
Lofoten or Bust- Part 4- Grandezza owner Per Harrtoft heads back to Sweden after an epic 3500nm adventure deep into the Arctic Circle to visit the mythical Lofoten islands
After ten memorable days in the Lofoten Islands in the far north of Norway, we are on our way back south towards Sweden. We have already made it as far as Trondheim, a charming place even if it was raining so hard we had to cycle round the city centre clutching umbrellas. But now we are back on board Deamare, our Grandezza 40 Fly, eating up the miles at a steady 31 knots.
10 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ΧΟ EXPLR 44
Can XO's all-new aluminium flagship really make it big in the Med?
7 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BENETEAU SWIFT TRAWLER 54
Alex Smith heads to France's Beneteau HQ for a UK exclusive on what might just be the best Swift Trawler yet
8 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
GOOD AS NEW
Why fit a brand new engine when Volvo Penta's remanufacturing service can rebuild you an old one to the same standard for a fraction of the price?
4 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YACHT TRANSPORT
As the name suggests it's a means of having your boat moved professionally from one location to another. It might be as simple as hiring someone to tow your RIB a few miles down the road or as complex as shipping a superyacht halfway around the world.
8 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
HANDLE A SINGLE SHAFTDRIVE BOAT PART 1
Single shaftdrive boats are relatively rare these days but the reduced costs of buying, servicing and fuelling such a simple but reliable drivetrain does mean they are making a bit of a comeback.
2 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
COCKWELLS MOTOR LAUNCH
There can be very few boats that have appeared three times at the Southampton Boat Show and been sold off the stand each time.
5 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
FERRETTI INFYNITO 90
Ferretti Yachts is diversifying into the long-range fast-displacement market. But can its debut model justify the hype?
7 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
THE 100 CLUB
What it's really like to buy, spec and run a brand new custom-built 96-footer
8 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
PRINCESS S65
Torn between the V and F Class flagships? The new S65 might be the boat you've been waiting for...
7 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
BUYING OUR FIRST CLASSIC
Instead of whiling away their retirement playing bowls, Rob and Shona Adams decided to invest their time and money in a classic Silver gentleman's yacht. Would the gamble pay off?
9 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
ZEELANDER
If you like your boats exclusive to the point of almost unattainable, there's a Dutch builder that can help...
8 min |
October 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
INSTALLING AN AUTOPILOT
Rick Channon makes solo boating simple with a Raymarine Evolution Autopilot
4 min |
October 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE RACING AROUND THE WORLD
First Mate Rachel Burgess tells YM what it was like to race 28.000 miles around the world to win the Ocean Globe Race with her all-female crew aboard Maiden
7 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
'NEVER BEFORE HAVE I SAILED IN SUCH WILD WEATHER'
When Jeremy Edwards and his sister were hit by a 'weather bomb' en route to Tonga it gave him a new-found respect for his sister's skippering ability
9 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
NEW GEAR
Dennis O'Neill reviews the latest products designed to make sailing safer and easier
3 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
TECHNICAL PURCHASING POWER
Sam Fortescue explains how to check you have the power needed to handle your running rigging safely - and how to fix it if you don't
10+ min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Picking up fore and aft moorings
Mooring fore and aft can be a fiddly process, never more so than in Cornwall's Polperro. If you can do it here, says Rachael Sprot, then you can do it anywhere
6 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Orcas sink a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar
A pod of orcas attacked and sank a 15m yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar in May, the latest in a series of encounters in the area that have sunk five yachts in the past four years, the Spanish maritime authorities reported.
2 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW TO DODGE GALES IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY
Ken Endean tries a two-anchorage strategy
8 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Why Pip Hare needs you now
Sailing with Pip Hare last week reminded me of my father’s sailing mantra: ‘It’s all about drag.’
2 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST DUFOUR 41
There have always been yachts that claim to offer the best of all worlds. They lure you in with the promise of being able to luxuriate in spacious opulence after a day of exhilarating sailing.
9 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Mile-long RNLI flotilla for 200th anniversary
As the RNLI celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, more than 40 rescue vessels formed a flotilla more than a mile long in Poole in May.
1 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Ella Hibbert to sail to Norway and Russia in Arctic preparation
Intrepid 27-year-old sailor Ella Hibbert has made the difficult decision to delay her departure to sail solo around the Arctic circle until next year, but will instead depart this summer on a training expedition to Norway and Russia in preparation.
2 min |
Summer 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE THE CALL OF THE SOUTH SEAS
What is the call of the South Seas? The Hoiland family were curious to find out, so they set off west to explore. This is the story of their year sailing through the islands and atolls of French Polynesia
9 min |
Summer 2024
Practical Boat Owner
Boats for restoring under £20,000
Duncan Kent picks the best sub-35ft sail and power boats to look for when aiming to undertake a restoration on a budget
10+ min |
Summer 2024
Motor Boat & Yachting UK
AXOPAR 29
To say the Axopar 28 is a tough act to follow is an understatement - can the Finnish brand's latest iteration offer genuine improvements on its super popular predecessor?
10 min |