Boating-Sailing
Yachting Monthly
The easy way to calculate course to steer
You don’t need paper charts and complex diagrams to calculate course to steer. Mark Browse explains a method that’s easy enough to do in your head
6 min |
January 2021
Yachting Monthly
Sailing schools ‘severely hit' by COVID-19 social distancing restrictions
Training centres offering sail cruising courses have been disproportionately affected by restrictions introduced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2 min |
January 2021
Yachting Monthly
JON SANDERS WAY OF THE WORLD
Jon Sanders is nearing the end of his 11th solo circumnavigation around the world. Elaine Bunting finds out what drives him to keep seeking out the solace of the sea
8 min |
January 2021
Yachting Monthly
HOME WATERS - ENCHANTING ARCHIPELAGO
Justin Butler takes his five-year-old daughter on a magical cruise along the south Cornish coast to the Isles of Scilly
7 min |
January 2021
Yachting Monthly
Sailors warned of berthing scam
Chris Chandler (inset) is advising people to check with marinas before parting with money for berth rental after he was scammed out of €3,500 for a berth rental at Port La Napoule
2 min |
January 2021
Yachting Monthly
FIRST TEST BENETEAU OCEANIS 40.1
The 40ft yacht market is fierce, so has Beneteau’s new family cruiser got what it takes? Graham Snook heads to the Solent to find out
10+ min |
January 2021
Yachting Monthly
A VOYAGE AROUND THE CUILLINS
Having scattered the ashes of his friend Roger Chisholm in the waters of Loch Coruisk, Howard Steen continues sailing his circuit of Skye
8 min |
January 2021
Yachting Monthly
Long-Term Cruisers Could Face Second VAT Bill After Brexit Transition Period Ends
Sailors have accused the Government of unfairly taxing long-term cruisers after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced that UK boat owners who have cruised continually in Europe for over three years without returning to the UK have until the end of 2021 to bring their vessels home or face paying VAT and import duty on their boat.
2 min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
Are Whales Really A Threat To Cruisers?
With reports of orcas ‘attacking’ yachts off the Spanish coast, Katy Stickland investigates what may be driving the whales’ behaviour and what steps cruisers can take to avoid an encounter.
5 min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
‘Years of shredded impeller bits had clogged the pipe'
Martin Fuller lightens his wallet as he finds the solution to an avoidable problem that had clearly been building up for years
4 min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
Rising teenage star
Timothy Long, 15, is now the youngest skipper to sail solo around Britain. Katy Stickland asked him about his record voyage and his future plans.
5 min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
TECHNICAL BOWSPRIT POWER FOR DOWNWIND SAILING
Bowsprits are all the fashion on new boats these days, but do you need one? Graham Snook looks at how a bowsprit can make your sailing easier and faster
10+ min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
THE UK'S 11 FIERCEST TIDE RACES
Breaking waves and lurking rocks have earned some British tide races a fearsome reputation. Dag Pike explains how to navigate them
10+ min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
FIRST TEST - SPIRIT 44CR ELECTRIC
A wooden boat that blazes a trail for modern technology and sustainability sounds too good to be true. Theo Stocker went to see if she is as good as promised
10+ min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
Surviving a Force 11 storm with a series drogue
Small cruising boats aren’t always fast enough to run away from severe weather. Tony Curphey explains how he survived the Southern Ocean in a Nicholson 32
6 min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
PIP HARE Lone star
Pip Hare talks to Elaine Bunting about the long road to fulfilling her Vendée dream
8 min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
A WEEK AFLOAT STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO
All within a day’s sail of mainland Sweden, these islands offer stunning scenery and the chance to escape the crowds, as Nigel Wollen discovers
9 min |
December 2020
Yachting Monthly
COVID-19 Channel cruise
Andrew Beveridge’s solo adventure to the Isles of Scilly and Brittany
4 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
Recompense for last-minute cancellation of boat shows rejected
Some exhibitors at Boats 2020 have criticised the last-minute decision to cancel the Southampton event, leaving many of them out of pocket.
2 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
Novice sailor to the Netherlands
Bethan Griffiths’ first taste of cruising life with her two young children and disabled husband Chris, who has cancer, osteoporosis and Parkinson’s
4 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
TO THE FRACTAL WEST OF IRELAND
Ed Maggs and his wife Frances enjoy the slower pace as they cruise south-west Ireland
8 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
‘Lightning destroyed the boat's electronics'
Paul Tinley recounts a truly shocking experience aboard his Beneteau 393 Blue Mistress and the subsequent insurance claim
4 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
MONACH ISLANDS, OFF NORTH UIST
The anchorages around the Monach Islands in the Outer Hebrides offer total isolation for the intrepid sailor Jonty Pearce discovers
2 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
ADVENTURE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE
Kari Nurmi dodges ice and predators as he sails around Svalbard’s Spitsbergen in his trusty 30ft Bavaria 300
8 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
SOUTH DEEP, THE SWALE
Dick Durham mulls the algorithm of a pint ashore while anchored in this East Coast creek
2 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
A WEEK A FLOAT SICILY
The Aeolian Islands delight the senses, with delicious cuisine, charming bays and smouldering volcanoes, as Lu Heikell discovers
8 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
British yachting's post-lockdown boom
UK yacht brokerages are reporting a spike in new and second-hand boat sales, with many of them now struggling to find used yachts to sell. The increase began during the summer following the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions.
2 min |
November 2020
Yachting Monthly
Adventure The Eighth Continent
Thom D’Arcy cruises off the beaten track and explores the extraordinary culture and rich natural history of Madagascar
8 min |
October 2020
Yachting Monthly
UK Coastguard To Replace Emergency Radio Network
More than £170 million is to be spent on installing a new emergency radio network for HM Coastguard.
2 min |
October 2020
Yachting Monthly
Tributes to pioneering Arctic cruiser and environmentalist Brian Black
Renowned Arctic sailor, journalist and environmentalist, Brian Black, has died, aged 77.
3 min |