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Yachting Monthly UK
Tributes paid to boatbuilder lain Oughtred
Tributes have flowed in for renowned boatbuilder and designer Iain Oughtred who died on the Isle of Skye in February, aged 84.
2 min |
June 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Russia suspected of 63-hour attack on GPS signals in the Baltic region
Russia is suspected of launching a 63-hour-long attack on GPS signals in the Baltic region, starting on 31 March, Easter Sunday, in a move that affected more than 1,600 passenger planes, as well as other GPS users.
2 min |
June 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
TECHNICAL KETCH TO SCHOONER
Roger Hughes explains why he swapped his masts to create an impressive brigantine square-rigger
7 min |
June 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
TECHNICAL CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROPELLER
A change of propeller can dramatically improve a yacht's performance while saving money on fuel. Sam Fortescue reports on the latest options
9 min |
June 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
10 BEST HIDDEN SCOTTISH ANCHORAGES
The sheer beauty of the Western Isles draws many yachtsmen, but cruising on the west coast of Scotland has always been for the brave.
5 min |
June 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Affordable routes into sailing
Sailing doesn’t have to break the bank. Crewing on other people’s boats offers many low-cost sailing opportunities, says Robin Ashcroft
7 min |
June 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST LINJETT 39
This long-established, yet little known, Swedish yard believes it has the perfect formula for a contemporary yacht with timeless appeal. Rupert Holmes put her through her paces
7 min |
June 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
TECHNICAL 'OUR BOAT WAS FULL OF WATER'
After an afternoon away, Roger Hughes had to act quickly when he found his schooner-rigged yacht sinking at its Florida marina mooring
8 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW IT WORKS OPTIMISING SAIL TRIM
It is difficult to describe ‘correct’ sail shape, but the three most important things to consider are: sail draft (the fullness of the sail), draft position, and twist (controlled by the kicker /vang and leech tension).
3 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
HEBRIDEAN HIDEAWAYS
There are some incredible hidden harbours along the west coast of Scotland, many offering 360° shelter, although some may be rather challenging to enter
3 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Mark lines to save miscommunication
This year, I spent my holidays working in the French Figaro class. My role was to be a préparateur – the French name for someone whose job it is to prepare and fix boats before and after races.
1 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
It's time for Deliveroo by canoe
Can we agree that it’s an old myth that sailors survive entirely on Fray Bentos pies and ‘pot mess’? Certainly on Skylax mealtimes are something to look forward to as both Rod and I love cooking.
2 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Freak waves are lurking closer than you think
Salvage tug captain Nick Sloane can claim a library of feats of derring-do.
2 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
£33m government funding to develop green technologies for ports and ships
Maritime Minister Lord Davies has announced the winners of £33 million of government funding to develop green technologies for ports and ships as part of the decarbonisation of the sector.
1 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Eight bells for C&N yacht designer Raymond Wall
Yacht designer Raymond Wall passed away in November at the age of 91 after a long and illustrious career.
2 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
OGR IRC leader returns with severe damage
Translated 9, the leading IRC yacht in the Ocean Globe Race was forced to divert to the Falkland Islands after discovering two cracks on the hull, one of which was big enough to sink the boat in heavy weather.
1 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
Celebrating 200 years of the RNLI
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) officially celebrates its 200th birthday on 4 March.
2 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
CLOSE TO THE EDGE
Kirstin Jones sails to the Shiant Isles to witness the wonder of the seabird breeding season on Scotland's West Coast and examines the distressing effects of climate change
9 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
BOOT DÜSSELDORF 2024
Mid-winter on the banks of the Rhine might seem like an incongruous time and place for a boat show, but boot Düsseldorf, held for 10 days every January, remains the world's largest, housed snugly in 17 vast halls.
10+ min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
BUYING A NEW BOAT & EQUIPPING FOR THE MED
After selling their business and retiring in March 2021, Mike and Debbie Morgan set about choosing, buying and upgrading a boat with all the bells and whistles to cruise around the Mediterranean in maximum comfort
7 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST HANSE 410
Following the phenomenal success of the 460 - first of a new range of Hanse models - the 410 follows a similar theme on a smaller scale
9 min |
April 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW NOT TO BUY A BOAT...A GUIDE TO GETTING IT WRONG
When Dominic Fohnson’s dream of owning his own boat finally became reality, the litany of errors he made when purchasing and maintaining her sapped both his energy and his bank balance. Here he explains how you can avoid the same fate...
6 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
SAFFIER SL 46
Dutch yard Saffier have a reputation for stylish, quick day sailers. While their origins lie in their smaller 6.5m and 8m cabin boats, the yard has seen real growth in its SE range, standing for Saffier Elegance.
1 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
X-YACHTS X4⁹ MKII
Updating existing models is nothing new, but X-Yachts is currently working its way through its whole Pure X range, having already updated the X56, and the X4³, the Mk II of which I sailed last years, and loved (YM, Aug 23). The X4⁹ Mk II is following in the same vein as the other two models to have received the treatment.
2 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
HANSE 410
There appears to be no slowing down of the competition between the major boatyards when it comes to building new mid-size cruising yachts
2 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
We'll miss the shipping forecast
The long-wave shipping forecast reaches its centenary in 2024, though it’s not much of a celebration given that LW itself, ‘at the end of its life as a technology’, will be turned off sometime in the middle of the year.
3 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
A healthy dose of fatalism is good for you
Nancy, my mother, drummed into me a set of lower middle-class rules, the origins and the validity of which remain, a lifetime later, lost to comprehension.
3 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
PIONIER 10
One of the prettiest production cruisers ever built, the Pionier 10 has the manners and performance to match her appearance, says David Harding
8 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
GARMIN FENIX 7 SOLAR SMARTWATCH
I’ve loved testing the Garmin Fenix 7 solar edition. I wasn’t a big smartwatch fan before I got one, but I now find myself wearing it most of the time. Primarily a multisport watch, I use it for running and cycling, but it’s also useful for sailing, as well as almost any other activity out there.
2 min |
March 2024
Yachting Monthly UK
LUNGI MCHUNU THERE ARE NO LIMITS
The first African woman to sail to the Arctic, a citizen scientist and climate change activist, Lungi has dared to dream and believes there are no limits to what we can achieve Here she tells Yachting Monthly her story
4 min |