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Yachting Monthly UK
NEW GEAR
The latest sailing innovations, including in-depth reviews of comms and seaboots
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September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
How to choose the best power pack for your boat
A portable power pack is a game-changer for anyone who doesn't have shore power or want the expense of an inverter. Fox Morgan reviews 8 of the best...
9 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE EXPLORING THE DANISH ISLANDS
Chris Carr ventures out to visit just a few of the hundreds of islands in the South Funen Archipelago
7 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
MG SPRING 25
Compact and affordable 1980s yacht perfectly designed for a spot of lively weekend family cruising - or racing...
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September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
WINTERISE & REFIT TO REAP REWARDS IN SUMMER
Whether you keep your yacht afloat or haul her out ashore, this quieter period of the year is ideal for essential maintenance, checks, and upgrades, says Mandy Boughton of Ancasta Yacht Services
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September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
A school sailing trip to Corsica
Jonah and his inexperienced Italian classmates set sail for a Corsican adventure
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September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
SAILING THE SHIPPING FORECAST
Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast's sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each zone
10 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
A HUNDRED YEARS OF THE ROYAL OCEAN RACING CLUB
This is a magazine for cruising sailors, but even the least competitive amongst us cannot fail to recognise the powerful influence that the Royal Ocean Racing Club has had on recreational sailing as a sport and the boats themselves
7 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Having a blast around the CELTIC TRIANGLE
Theo Stocker reports on the YM Celtic Triangle Race, and Jayne Toyne shares her offshore check list
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WHY YOU DON'T NEED AN ANCHOR WINDLASS
+HOW TO CRUISE WITHOUT ONE
6 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Smashed in two by a cargo ship
It is every sailor's worst nightmare. Crossing a busy shipping lane at night, at speed, to be crushed by a cargo ship. Clinging to the wreckage, the two skippers miraculously survived.
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Securing shackles in permanent moorings
Large shackles used as part of permanent moorings are normally secured against loosening by seizing wire or cable ties. Sometimes, they're welded right up.
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Take the small wins for our seas
Almost every day we are alerted to a crisis, be it social, political economic or environmental. It is easy to feel overwhelmed and start to block out everything and assume the worst. As sailors, we are all too aware of climate change, warming seas and how that affects our activities.
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RYA OnBoard turns 20
The RYA celebrates 20 years of its OnBoard initiative, one of the UK’s largest grassroots programmes for encouraging children and young people to participate in watersports.
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FIRST TEST XC47
X-Yachts have taken a bold move to replace their cruising range and move to a semi deck saloon design, but has the gamble paid off? Theo Stocker finds out
10 min |
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SHOULD I HAVE SAILED ON?
It was round about then that the main business of this voyage started to unfold, and it began as no more than a tiny dot at the indistinct junction between the ocean and the sky. I had not seen anything quite like it at sea: there was something odd about its shape and scale. After weeks of observing nothing but the subdued and soft-edged shades of the natural world, I was jolted by the brightness of this whatever-it-was, by its garish intrusion into the all-pervading grey. I pulled out my binoculars and studied it more closely. It was orange-yellow in colour and without doubt a man-made artefact. Was it some sort of strange ship? Or was it something smaller? A scientific measurement buoy, perhaps? For a while I could not decide whether it was something very big a long way away, or something small much closer. We were moving slowly towards it, and I could now see that it was roughly triangular in shape. It did not seem to be moving in any direction. I unhooked the self-steering gear and took control of the tiller myself, to make sure we passed close by.
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Yachting Monthly UK
In the company of strangers
Between lashings of rum and bonhomie Mat is in need of a focused crew, for he has a trophy to bag. Blue Peter is a lady of a certain age and Mat has been both her saviour and carer for the last 30 years. She might be a Duchess at just under 100 years of age but he is not scared of loading her up for a good romping sail.
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Extend rope life with proper coiling and regular end-to-ends
Taking proper care of your ropes is key to extending their life.
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Penny Black invites entries for Brian Black Memorial Award
The Brian Black Memorial Award for Marine Environmental Journalism is in full swing again this year, and the judging panel includes a new member, Brian's granddaughter Penny Black, who will help assess the junior photography category.
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Aberdeen celebrates the 2025 arrival of Tall Ships Race
Between 19 and 22 July, the city of Aberdeen will welcome around 50 tall ships and over 100,000 visitors for a four-day maritime extravaganza as the only host port in Britain in the Tall Ships Race 2025.
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HOW TO USE SHORE POWER SAFELY
A shoreside AC supply is convenient but potentially lethal, advises Andrew Simpson
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Search and rescue yacht detained
Mediterranean rescue yacht Nadir was detained by Italian authorities on 8 June after mooring in the Port of Lampedusa, the first time a sailing vessel has been detained in conjunction with migrant search and rescue operations.
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A RAID UP THE ESTUARY
The fourth instalment of Paul Weston's Napoleonic series of novels finds Lieutenant Snowden and the Oleander off the coast of Brittany. He has been tasked with 'duties not normally required of a sea-officer' and is thus even more free than usual to use his initiative and seize his chances.
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Summer 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE HerrING HERITAGE
A resurgence of interest in lug-rigged sailing vessels showcases the importance of Scotland's former booming herring industry
6 min |
Summer 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
REPLACING ANODES
Simple anode maintenance will prevent costly corrosion damage to your boat...
2 min |
Summer 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
OWNERS' UPGRADE
‘I HAD MY OLD SWING KEEL FULLY REFURBISHED ...'
6 min |
Summer 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
The first official account of the sinking of the Bayesian superyacht
The UK's Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released the first official account of the sudden tragic sinking of the 56m Bayesian superyacht in August 2024, in which seven people died, including the yacht's owner Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah.
3 min |
Summer 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
GBR para-athlete in record-breaking around Britain challenge
GBR para-athlete, Jazz Turner, departed from Brighton Marina in early June in an attempt to break three records as the first disabled person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around Britain.
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Summer 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
HALLBERG-RASSY 372
Hallberg-Rassy's most recent 37-footer flexes her muscle, but is she still an easy and solid boat to sail short-handed? Nic Compton went to find out
10+ min |
Summer 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
THE ELLEN MACARTHUR CANCER TRUST
If you would like to recommend a marine charity doing great work (including care for the environment) contact julia@golden-duck.co.uk
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