Practical Boat Owner
Solent Cruising Companion (4th edition)
Solent Stretching around 30 miles from Hurst Point to Chichester Harbour, the Solent is one of the (if not the) busiest cruising grounds in the UK, and this is your essential companion for getting the most out of your cruise here.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Electronic navigation systems wake-up
Astronavigation is emphasised as ‘vital backup to electronic methods’ in the Royal Institute for Navigation (RIN) Small Craft Group’s (SCG) latest guide.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Tackling poorly marked fishing gear
Sailors around the British coast are being encouraged to report entanglement as part of new efforts to tackle the hazard, which is a threat to safety and navigation.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Great trading ketch
HE Ross looks at the importance of the Garlandstone and why it needs protection
5 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Fully recyclable sailcloth available at Crusader
Crusader Sails is now offering Marblehead ECO sailcloth. Manufactured by the US company Challenge Sailcloth, the woven cloth is made from 100% recycled plastic bottles (2,336 plastic bottles for a mainsail on a 40ft boat, according to Challenge) and has the same properties as virgin fibre. It is also 100% recyclable at the end of its life.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Top Tactics training aid for young sailors
The idea for this was sparked by 10-yearold Optimist sailor Evie Robertson (left), who wanted a training aid she could use to practise racing at home, including visualising the start line, the marks, and the many situations that can happen out on the water.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
British sailor missing in Gran Canaria
The family of a British solo sailor who went missing in Gran Canaria have flown out to assist police with the search.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
RYA says 'Man Overboard' is still on board
The RYA issued clarification about its Man Overboard Guidance when a debate was sparked in September following news reports into the RYA Guidance: Modern Day Manners - A guide to Inclusive Language', and a suggestion that 'Person in water' was a more inclusive term.
1 min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
Displacement theory
What does your boat's measurements say about the way it handles? It's not as straightforward as you'd think, as Ali Wood discovers
10+ min |
December 2025
Practical Boat Owner
'My boat was a write-off'
Leo Heaney's regular yacht club race night quickly turns dangerous, and leads to seven months of frustration to rectify the damage
6 min |
December 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
What's really in your anchor locker?
When you take your boat out of the water for the winter, make sure you make the effort to empty your anchor locker. Boat yards used to require this before laying-up, but the practice seems to be falling out of favour.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Beware of other boats anchoring
We recently watched a powerboat of 22ft or so attempt to anchor about five or six times before giving up and leaving the bay altogether. Every time, the anchor had failed to dig in.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Stop your halyard wrapping in furling gear
This tip actually comes from my good friend Tony Linehan.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
True cost of an ATLANTIC CIRCUIT
It's easy to dream about sailing the Atlantic, but actually doing it takes commitment and action. Justin Halewood explains how they did it, and what it cost
5 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE HIBERNATING IN BRITTANY
Brittany in winter can be wild, wet and windy and not an obvious choice for spending the off season on board. But southern Brittany in particular has many charming advantages, as Detlef Jens found out
8 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST FAURBY 360 DECK SALOON
Can a deck saloon under 40ft still be graceful and enjoyable to sail?
9 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Flush your teak before refuelling
Teak is a beautiful material to use on our decks, particularly if you like a classic look.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Hebridean harmony
The Cruising Club of America brought six yacht clubs together for a magnificent Western Isles Cruise in July; Bob Shepton joined the fleet in Oban
4 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Group planned to smuggle cocaine in transatlantic vacht
An organised crime gang that planned to smuggle 600 kilos of cocaine aboard a yacht taking part in a transatlantic sailing race were jailed for a total of more than 100 years at Chelmsford Crown Court on 10 September.
2 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Sunsail and RYA bring an all-female crew to Cowes Week
For the first time, Sunsail and the RYA brought an all-female crew to Cowes Week.
1 min |
November 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 sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them
10 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE THE SCOTTISH ISLANDS PEAKS RACE
A demanding adventure that sees teams sail the west coast of Scotland stopping so crew runners race up the peaks of Mull, Jura and Arran. Charles Warlow and family take on the challenge
5 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Brothers complete record-setting row
Three Scottish brothers have set a new record for rowing across the Pacific.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Northwest Passage first for solo British woman
British sailor Ella Hibbert, 28, has arrived in Alaska, becoming the first British woman to sail solo through the fabled Northwest Passage.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Call to save historic £6m chart collection
Britain's libraries and institutions are being called on to save from export a unique collection of 18th and 19th century charts that document the rise of Britain to become the world's leading maritime power.
2 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Unprecedented Arctic warming
The Arctic is warming faster than almost anywhere else on Earth, with the Barents Sea experiencing the most dramatic loss of seasonal sea ice, the latest research from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory shows.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Four sailors rescued from the sea in 'dramatic' incident
Four sailors were rescued off the coast of Norfolk after abandoning their yacht when it ran aground five miles off the coast of Scroby Sands in one of the most 'dramatic' incidents the RNLI lifeboat helm said they had ever seen.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Securing the mainsheet
How often do you stop to think about the hidden dangers of our beautiful sport? I assume most of us do, but there's one particular hazard people often overlook: a loose mainsheet.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Fuel tank woes
When I cleaned my fuel tank out a few years ago, despite clear bright fuel and no water I still had to scrape a kilo of 'tar' off the sides, then use paint thinners to remove the residue.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
LONG WAY TO THE CARIBBEAN
Crossing the Atlantic via the Cape Verde islands is a detour well worth taking
7 min |