Boating_Sailing
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Sailing solo to the Isles of Scilly
In the summer of 2020 Katie McCabe (aged 13 at the time) sailed her newly restored classic yacht solo to the Isles of Scilly
10+ min |
November 2021
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North Sea dash
With Covid and Brexit bureaucracy melting away, Saskia Groen-in’t-Woud enjoyed her first North Sea crossing – despite rough return weather
5 min |
November 2021
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Cut and thrust of sailing
The best ways to call a halt to proceedings
3 min |
November 2021
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Cook's challenge
Scraping the food locker bare at the end of the season requires some culinary creativity
3 min |
November 2021
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Boater's biplane rescue at air show
A powerboater and her family sprang into action when a biplane crashed into Poole Harbour on the south coast, narrowly missing yachts, rocks and a chain ferry.
3 min |
November 2021
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Beachcombing
Searching out landing stages and boat noosts
3 min |
November 2021
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How To Replace Worn Rudder Bushes
Hedley Ritchie shows how he changed the wobbly bushes on his transom-hung rudder to improve his Westerly Konsort’s steering
3 min |
September 2021
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Whale-watching in Quebec
Liveaboards Belinda Chesman and Kit McAllister mix culture with cetaceans as they cruise Canada’s great St Lawrence river
9 min |
September 2021
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Remote paddling
The simplest vessels are so often the best
3 min |
September 2021
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Mind how you go
It’s time to exorcise those mystic influences
3 min |
September 2021
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Inland innovation
Wilf Lower relives a European inland adventure
3 min |
September 2021
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Up a creek with no water to paddle
Mike Humphreys calls on his ingenuity and practical skills to rescue a family marooned on a mud bank by the falling tide
8 min |
September 2021
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Small boats, big cruising
Rupert Holmes describes a selection of very capable small boats for cruising on a budget
10+ min |
September 2021
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God vakt!
Marsali Taylor recalls every detail of a day aboard the tall ship Sørlandet off the coast of Norway
10+ min |
September 2021
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Boat Electrics 101 course review
Nigel Calder and his team of marine electrics experts have hit the mark, says Rupert Holmes
2 min |
September 2021
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Viking adventure
Sam Griffiths and his dad camp out under the stars in a 12ft dinghy to enjoy the delights of an historic German waterway
10+ min |
Summer 2021
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Red herring
Seaspiracy is righteous rather than right
3 min |
Summer 2021
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Restoring Andromeda
Clive Robertson swaps a London media career for four years in a boatyard and restores a wooden gaffer from scratch
10+ min |
Summer 2021
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Steam-bending a new toe rail
Greg Manning shows you how to laminate and steam a plank so that it can be to be bent across its width
3 min |
Summer 2021
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The right look
Peter Poland tests the second-hand Swedish production powerboat that just looks ‘right’ to so many ex-sailors
8 min |
Summer 2021
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Fleeing a volcanic eruption
Kia Koropp and family up-anchor and grab their face masks when a cloud of black ash descends on the Grenadines
6 min |
Summer 2021
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Make or break situation
How you can get snookered when sailing
3 min |
Summer 2021
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Old gaffer to Ushant
Max Liberson suffers concussion, ghostly apparitions and crew desertion on a tiring voyage to France
10 min |
Summer 2021
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Fitting a new water tank gauge
Measuring your boat’s water capacity is essential for any cruiser, yet is surprisingly hard to get right, discovers Roger Hughes
8 min |
Summer 2021
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Fast track to Yachtmaster
When Covid scuppers Josh Lindley’s gap year, he takes on a demanding 5-month sailing course instead to qualify as a skipper
5 min |
Summer 2021
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Weather forecast models and apps
Rupert Holmes unpicks the tech behind the data that underpins all weather apps and highlights his favourite software
10 min |
March 2021
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Short-handed harbour manoeuvres
Øyvind Bordal has some tips for single- and double-handers
4 min |
March 2021
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Reach for the pie
A new year: how to get fighting fit for sailing
3 min |
March 2021
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The long port tack to Antigua
Hermione Pattison’s family endures a tough passage when they leave the US on a tumultuous 1,600-mile beat to windward
9 min |
March 2021
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Becoming a boat owner
Scott Opie buys a £1,300 trailer-sailer and discovers the ups and downs of sailing
9 min |