Yachting Monthly
ADVENTURE ISLAND ODYSSEY
Erin Carey and her young family cruise the Leeward Islands and discover the region’s distinct cultures and topography
6 min |
August 2020
Yachting Monthly
GLENCOE, SCOTLAND
Brian Black discovers history, hill walking and fine dining in this sheltered Highland anchorage
2 min |
August 2020
Yachting Monthly
HOME WATERS RETURN TO GUERNSEY
Solo sailor John Willis battles back injury, seasickness and engine problems as he sails the 330 miles from southern Ireland to St Peter Port
7 min |
August 2020
Yachting Monthly
A WEEK AFLOAT BRITTANY
The Gulf of Morbihan provides Nick Chavasse with delights aplenty, including quaint anchorages and medieval towns ripe for exploring
7 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
SAVING ADLARD COLES' YACHT
Cohoe IV has been in the Osborn family for more than 30 years, but she was commissioned by none other than Adlard Coles
8 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
BOSUN'S BAG
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
5 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
PARISIAN POWERBOAT PIONEER
Founded in 1905, Despujols was one of the rst great names of international powerboating. Its nal boats built in the 1960s mark the end of the golden age of varnished wooden runabouts and artisanal yards
7 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
TOM CUNLIFFE - THAT SINKING FEELING
Experience may trump theorising, but who thought plugging cracked seams with soap was a good idea?
6 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
ON THE WINDS OF THE WAR
General Patton’s plan to sail When and If around the world was never realised – current owner Seth Salzmann intends to full the boat’s destiny
9 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
SETH SALZMANN -Thinking big
After a lifetime love affair with schooners, Seth makes manoeuvring his 141-footer look easy
4 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
PAINT Finishing TOUCH
We asked Thames boatbuilder Colin Henwood, who teaches finishing to students at the Boat Building Academy, to give us a crash course in paint and varnish. In this second part, he tackles the subject of a perfect traditional gloss paint finish
8 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
GROWN GRAB RAILS
In the second of our ‘lockdown projects’ series, we make good use of a wooden windfall
3 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
10OF THE BEST SAILING DINGHIES
In years gone by, you’d have had a 12 or 14ft clinker-built, lug-rigged dinghy with a pair of oars, but there is now a plethora of boats to buy, or build from kit or plan
9 min |
August 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Unseasonality
You can’t rely on the weather in Shetland
3 min |
August 2020
Practical Boat Owner
If it ain't broke, don't break it
Getting stuck into lockdown inventions
3 min |
August 2020
Practical Boat Owner
New generation electronics
A few years ago I felt there was a risk that marine electronics manufacturers would find it impossible to compete in a changing marketplace.
2 min |
August 2020
Practical Boat Owner
How to troubleshoot your engine electrics
If your engine won’t start, knowing how to fi nd the source of the problem will help you get under way quickly, says Rubicon 3’s Bruce Jacobs
3 min |
August 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Groundbreaking affordable watermaker
Desalinators operate on a simple principle, but to date have generally been prohibitively expensive for many.
1 min |
August 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Environment review backs highly protected marine zones
Seas around England and Northern Ireland could receive greater protection as a result of a new review by former environment minister Richard Benyon.
2 min |
August 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Algorithms will aid search and rescue
Researchers at one of the world’s top universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a new algorithm which could improve search and rescue techniques.
1 min |
August 2020
Classic Boat
Who Was Really The First To Discover America?
A historical replica voyage has proved that the Phoenicians may well have reached the shores of the new world a full two millennia before Columbus
9 min |
August 2020
Windsurf
New School
Slingshot’s windsurfing brand manager, Wyatt Miller, has noticed that kids are drawn to playing with wings and puts forward an interesting case as to why he thinks this could help entice them and others into windsurfing.
3 min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
Changes
Wave sailor Flo Jung reflects on our changed world during his lockdown in Germany.
4 min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
THE LAST WAVE
Lockdown stirred the creative juices of reader Björn Alfthan, who peers into the future to present a fictional story set in the wild waves of Norway, five years from now.
10+ min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
STILL IN THE GAME
After a horrific fracture in his leg from a crashed aerial in 2018, Alessio Stillrich is back! John Carter talks to the highflyer from Gran Canaria about his move to the Simmer team, recovering from injury and how he learned to windsurf in Gran Canaria!
8 min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
MOVE ON UP - GET ON THE FRONT FOOT
This month we look at how our front foot weighting can affect and improve different aspects of our main windsurfing moves.
5 min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
SOUTH' KIPA
Nik tweaking it over home waters.
10+ min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
A NEW NORMAL
On a trip to La Tranche-sur-Mer in France last year, Tris Best estimated over 80% of the windsurfers were foiling. This summer in Portland Harbour, foiling activity has increased dramatically too he reports. With the market offering plenty of choice to recreational windfoilers, our test team check out some of the latest foil offerings.
10+ min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
TACKING – THE SEQUEL
Having given you time to practice, Harty concludes his tacking series by critiquing various tacking options, including the carve tack, as well as offering solutions to common slip-ups.
10+ min |
Issue 396 - August 2020
Windsurf
‘NO VAPOUR TRAILS TO SCAR THE SKY' *
Realising we may be about to enter an extraordinary period in our lives, Harty decided to keep a windsurf-centric lockdown diary. Here are some of his choice excerpts.
4 min |