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Yachting Monthly UK
PILOTAGE SWAPPING STUDLAND FOR SWANAGE
Studland's valuable anchorage is now a no-anchor zone, so Ken Endean looks at alternatives
4 min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
MY BEAUTIFUL BALTIC
Niklas Sandström grew up next to the Baltic Sea and has witnessed how it has changed. His article was runner up in the 2022 Brian Black Memorial Award
9 min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
CRUISING MY MAIDEN VOYAGE AROUND BRITAIN
When novice sailor Katrina Megget said yes to four months on a 28ft boat sailing around Great Britain, she didn't know what she was in for...
10 min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
'SHOULD WE CONTINUE OR SAIL BACK FOR HELP?'
A collision and a fouled prop put Amanda and Victor Tettmar in a tricky situation mid-Channel, surrounded by shipping with night falling
6 min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
Extend your stay in Europe
Dancing the Schengen Shuffle' is a new challenge for British sailors in the Mediterranean and elsewhere in Europe. Mike Morgan looks at how to keep sailing beyond 90 days
7 min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW TO PLAN OFFSHORE VOYAGES
Choosing the best ocean route can be daunting. Jimmy Cornell explains how to do it, and how the parameters are changing
10+ min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST GT325
A boat that dares to do things differently, the GT325 blends elements of the old and the new to remarkable effect
9 min |
September 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
'THE ORCAS SHOOK THE BOAT LIKE A TOY'
Theo Wakefield’s boat was significantly damaged and his nerves shaken after an encounter with orcas off Portugal
7 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
TESTED EWINCHER ELECTRIC WINCH HANDLE - £2,099
Designed for yachts from 30 to 60 feet, Ewincher is an electrically assisted winch handle recently upgraded and relaunched with more power and longer battery life.
2 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
THE ARCTIC IS CHANGING COLOUR
Tobias Carter launched the Unu Mondo project to document climate change in the Arctic. His article was runner-up for the 2022 Brian Black Memorial Award
9 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FROM LOCKDOWN ΤΟ LOCK MANIA
Nic Compton and assorted crew members lock into the French canal network from the Channel to the Mediterranean
8 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
A GUIDE TO HAVING YOUR BOAT DELIVERED (OR HELPING DELIVER ONE)
If you need help getting your boat from A to B after a purchase or for a cruise, a delivery crew might be the solution,
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW TO NAVIGATE 'ORCA ALLEY'
In the last three years, orcas have started 'attacking' yachts on their way through the Gibraltar Straits. James Kenning looks at how to minimise the risk
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST - X-YACHTS X4³
X-Yachts' latest model promises to be a fast passage-making cruising boat that's fun and engaging to sail but won't scare your socks off. Theo Stocker went to find out how well the X4³ toes the line
10+ min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
The lessons we should not forget
Sailors have famously short memories. Arriving in New Caledonia after blast-reaching in near gale conditions up from New Zealand, we had that slightly wild-eyed, salty-haired look that comes with an eventful passage. And we weren’t even meant to be in New Caledonia. A weather forecast shortly after setting out from Opua showed a low forming just off these islands, deepening rapidly and moving eastwards. Our planned passage up to Fiji would have meant we would effectively be ‘racing’ this weather system to Fiji. Our ETAs would be pretty much equal. Not good.
2 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
My boat is a welcome retreat
Tracey and I have just commenced construction of our very own Grand Designs in so much as we are self building a long dreamed of off-grid house in our little corner of Cornwall. It’s cool to be using technology that we used to test and develop during the early days of short-handed racing.
2 min |
August 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
My first Biscay crossing
Kate Fraser’s first overnight sail was both testing and exhilarating in equal measure
3 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
Magic of the Moray Firth
This leg of Mark Ashley-Miller’s epic Harbour Master challenge takes in northeast Scotland’s varied coastline
4 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
NAVIGATE YOUR WAY HOME WITHOUT POWER
Electrical failure can put you in the dark when your instruments go down. A few traditional skills, and a good tool kit, can see you safely home
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
Heads up for a rite of passage!
Heads on yachts, as we all know, represent a range of challenges. Some are physical, some mechanical, and some spiritual.
2 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
BUYER'S GUIDE - MARINE BINOCULARS
Developments in optics and materials mean marine binoculars now offer better value than ever before. Dennis O’Neill rounded up the best pairs – for all budgets
8 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
TECHNICAL WATERPROOF FABRICS
Exciting advances in textile design are leading to drier, warmer and lighter marine clothing. Sam Fortescue explains the benefits, and the science
9 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
PETE GOSS DESIGNING OUR PERFECT BOAT
The legendary offshore yachtsman talks us through the design of his latest boat
10 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
'ROLLED & DISMASTED IN MONSTER SEAS'
Ian Herbert-Jones found himself dismasted and injured in an 80-knot storm deep in the South Atlantic after 219 days at sea in the Golden Globe Race. He told Theo Stocker about the experience
8 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST ELAN E4
Elan’s smallest boat is a huge amount of fun, but would she make a sensible cruising boat? Theo Stocker set out to find her limits
10 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
THE 2022-23 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE : THE RACE OF ATTRITION
Katy Stickland talks to the five finishers about routing, gear failure, their seamanship and how they coped spending eight months alone at sea
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
CRUISING CATS
Catamarans are becoming ever more popular with private owners, especially for blue-water adventures. Theo Stocker takes a look at two new models
4 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
TECHNICAL WINDOWS & HATCHES
A leaky hatch or window can make life down below miserable. Duncan Kent explains how to ditch those drippy blues forever
10 min |
July 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
The Tongan Way
One cruising couple discover the simple, unspoilt and breathtaking islands of Tonga en route to New Zealand
4 min |
July 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE SAILING EAST BEYOND THE BERLIN WALL
The coast of former East Germany offers Karen Eriksen and family tranquility and history in equal measure
6 min |