Boating_Sailing
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The HR evolution
Hallberg-Rassy’s reputation for building quality bluewater cruisers evolved from its early 31-38ft models. Peter Poland reports
10 min |
October 2021
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Summer in the Med
Ned Coakley enjoys affogatos, smart marinas and stunning cliff-edge villages on a Mediterranean cruise from France to Italy and back
10 min |
October 2021
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When Britannia waives the rules
Profiting from the world while losing its soul
3 min |
October 2021
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‘I am very much alive!'
A wartime act of kindness is recalled by a survivor of St Helier Yacht Club’s ‘miracle of St Malo’ evacuation, writes Philip Jeune
6 min |
October 2021
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That sinking feeling...
Brian Johnson became quickly and intimately acquainted with his engine’s silencer when it threatened to sink his Westerly Pageant
6 min |
November 2021
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Why more cruisers should go wireless
Nick Charman makes the case for all cruising yachts to change tack
5 min |
November 2021
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Parker 660 Pilothouse
Peter Poland test drives the Parker 660 Pilothouse
7 min |
November 2021
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Sailing The Martello Coast of Corsica
Owen Moorhouse recalls wonderful cruising and friendships made in Corsica in the 1980s
7 min |
November 2021
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Sailing solo to the Isles of Scilly
In the summer of 2020 Katie McCabe (aged 13 at the time) sailed her newly restored classic yacht solo to the Isles of Scilly
10+ min |
November 2021
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North Sea dash
With Covid and Brexit bureaucracy melting away, Saskia Groen-in’t-Woud enjoyed her first North Sea crossing – despite rough return weather
5 min |
November 2021
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Cut and thrust of sailing
The best ways to call a halt to proceedings
3 min |
November 2021
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Cook's challenge
Scraping the food locker bare at the end of the season requires some culinary creativity
3 min |
November 2021
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Boater's biplane rescue at air show
A powerboater and her family sprang into action when a biplane crashed into Poole Harbour on the south coast, narrowly missing yachts, rocks and a chain ferry.
3 min |
November 2021
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Beachcombing
Searching out landing stages and boat noosts
3 min |
November 2021
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How To Replace Worn Rudder Bushes
Hedley Ritchie shows how he changed the wobbly bushes on his transom-hung rudder to improve his Westerly Konsort’s steering
3 min |
September 2021
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Whale-watching in Quebec
Liveaboards Belinda Chesman and Kit McAllister mix culture with cetaceans as they cruise Canada’s great St Lawrence river
9 min |
September 2021
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Remote paddling
The simplest vessels are so often the best
3 min |
September 2021
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Mind how you go
It’s time to exorcise those mystic influences
3 min |
September 2021
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Inland innovation
Wilf Lower relives a European inland adventure
3 min |
September 2021
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Up a creek with no water to paddle
Mike Humphreys calls on his ingenuity and practical skills to rescue a family marooned on a mud bank by the falling tide
8 min |
September 2021
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Small boats, big cruising
Rupert Holmes describes a selection of very capable small boats for cruising on a budget
10+ min |
September 2021
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God vakt!
Marsali Taylor recalls every detail of a day aboard the tall ship Sørlandet off the coast of Norway
10+ min |
September 2021
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Boat Electrics 101 course review
Nigel Calder and his team of marine electrics experts have hit the mark, says Rupert Holmes
2 min |
September 2021
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Viking adventure
Sam Griffiths and his dad camp out under the stars in a 12ft dinghy to enjoy the delights of an historic German waterway
10+ min |
Summer 2021
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Red herring
Seaspiracy is righteous rather than right
3 min |
Summer 2021
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Restoring Andromeda
Clive Robertson swaps a London media career for four years in a boatyard and restores a wooden gaffer from scratch
10+ min |
Summer 2021
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Steam-bending a new toe rail
Greg Manning shows you how to laminate and steam a plank so that it can be to be bent across its width
3 min |
Summer 2021
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The right look
Peter Poland tests the second-hand Swedish production powerboat that just looks ‘right’ to so many ex-sailors
8 min |
Summer 2021
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Fleeing a volcanic eruption
Kia Koropp and family up-anchor and grab their face masks when a cloud of black ash descends on the Grenadines
6 min |
Summer 2021
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Make or break situation
How you can get snookered when sailing
3 min |