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Yachting Monthly UK

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

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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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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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