Boating-Sailing
Yachting Monthly UK
A month navigating the Bijagos islands
Maxence and Victor Ansquer stop at Guinea-Bissau's isolated islands on their world voyage
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March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Sunsail from the heart of the Adriatic
Discover the unspoiled charm of Croatia's stunning Adriatic islands from the Sunsail base at Marina Agana. Don't just sail, Sunsail
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March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE SPIRITED CORINTHIAN SAILING
Sailing through the Corinth Canal to explore the Saronic islands was a breezy blast for Heather Prentice and family
5 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE WILD CARIBBEAN
An Australian family revisit beloved small Caribbean islands and learn the joy of swimming with turtles
5 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Dreamers and adventurers
One of life’s pleasures is to support others as they tackle their dreams and remotely sweep you aboard to share both triumph and disaster.
3 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Charlie Dalin wins Vendée Globe, smashes record by nine days
Charlie Dalin has secured victory in one of the world’s toughest races, the Vendée Globe, a non-stop, solo dash around the world, setting an incredible new record on his foiling IMOCA Macif Santé Prévoyance, knocking nine days off the previous record.
2 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
How to pick up this tricky mooring solo?
Q John has been sailing with friends for many years but has finally decided to buy his own yacht.
2 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
HOMEWATERS BIG ADVENTURES, LITTLE PEOPLE
Would a charter in British waters be a happy experiment for Georgie Stocker and her family? Future cruising plans hung in the balance...
6 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
A charter to remember...
Chartering a yacht can make for the holiday of a lifetime, but it's worth knowing what to expect so that you can pick the right one for you. The sailing area, expected conditions, kind of boat, and level of support you want while away can make all the difference for you and your crew. Picking something that is within your budget and level of experience will reduce stress for everyone. Having said that, most good companies can provide as much or as little suport as you want, so that you can achieve more than you might at first believe, especially with a skipper on board, or as part of a flotilla. Here are a few suggestions to get you started. Happy planning!
4 min |
March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
High Latitude Challenge 2026-2027
Sailing to high latitudes has become increasingly popular, with the Northwest Passage in the Arctic, and, at the other extreme, the Antarctic Peninsula, recording the largest number of visiting yachts in any one year in 2024.
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March 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Man overboard while crossing the Atlantic
Swedish sailor Dag Eresund was tragically lost overboard from Volvo 70 racing yacht Ocean Breeze while sailing across the Atlantic with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) which sees hundreds of yachts safely cross the ocean each year.
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February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Yacht builders fined for using 'blood' teak
Two landmark court cases in the UK and the Netherlands have seen stiff penalties handed out to luxury yacht builders for using illegal 'blood' teak imported from conflict-torn Myanmar on vessels, notably on Jeff Bezos's superyacht Koru, the largest sailing yacht in the world.
2 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
PROVIDENT'S CENTENARY VOYAGE
Steve Jones and Morag Slesser sail Provident, a historic Brixham Sailing Trawler, on a centenary voyage from Scotland's west coast to her roots on the South Coast
3 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
HOW IT WORKS - CLEANING AN ANTI-SYPHON VALVE
On sailing boats the exhaust pipe is swept up into a swan neck to stop following waves flooding the exhaust when the engine isn't running.
1 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ROUNDING CAPE HORN
Breaking bread with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Skip Novak and Jean-Luc Van Den Heede? Then you’d better be a good listener. Dick Durham is all ears at the annual Cape Horners’ dinner
3 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Are we really a maritime nation?
Many years ago, I was on a family motoring holiday driving towards Brittany when, in a small town, we passed under a banner proclaiming a regatta. I was baffled: we were still 40 kilometres from the coast. Such hinterland support for sailing was new to me: back home a candy-floss stick's length from the coast, folks knew nothing and cared less about the maritime world.
2 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
CRUISING - BLOW AWAY THOSE WINTER BLUES
Every month through the winter, scores of sailors sign up for the Little Ship Club's fast cruises. Dick Durham joins one and reports back
6 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Shared ownership
A private syndicate, a boat club, or charter lease? Ben Lowings compares the options for reduced-cost boat ownership
8 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
What to do with difficult crew mid Atlantic?
A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP - Jim is regretting taking on Ed as crew on a transatlantic voyage. Bellatrix is a sturdy 13m production GRP yacht in good condition with all the recommended safety gear for ocean sailing.
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February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Gamming in Maine on board Lewis R French
Frances and Michael Howorth set sail on board a schooner launched in 1871
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February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
With boats, does beauty matter?
A seagoing boat is not a toy. It is the most serious of vehicles, built to let humans brave an unpredictable, lethally dangerous element with efficient control and reasonable dispatch. Boat design and boatbuilding are therefore solemn endeavours, demanding utter trust from vulnerable human customers who will face peril miles away from help. Materials, rig and balance in design can make the difference between life and death.
3 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
MCA launches PLB rescue consultation
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has launched a public consultation into new safety measures set to make the search and rescue response faster and easier for people carrying Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) on the water.
1 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE SAILING THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
The Reverend Bob Shepton braved freezing gales and ice floes to sail 6,059 miles through the Northwest Passage with his crew of four South African climbers
9 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
'FOG, GALES, HURRICANES AND CALMS IN ONE VOYAGE'
Fog, currents and calms would challenge us as we tackled the Grand Banks, Gulf Stream and Azores High. We were at the French island of St Pierre off the Newfoundland coast, next stop Flores in the Azores
8 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST - BENETEAU OCEANIS 37.1
Can a smaller boat pack in more space and more performance than her predecessor? Theo Stocker went to sail Beneteau's latest cruiser
10 min |
February 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Midsummer on Hanö
This wonderful little island in the south-east of Sweden is a real gem off the beaten track
3 min |
January 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE SAILING TO HAITI
After spending two months in the Dominican Republic, Andy Brown sails west to Haïti bringing medical and school supplies to the town of Mole Saint Nicholas
8 min |
January 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
In celebration of bad sailing
New owner Monty Halls tests his sailing skills with his family aboard their Colvic 34 ketch, Sobek. A recently qualified Day Skipper, Monty faces a few unexpected challenges...
3 min |
January 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Winter brings excitement and opportunity
Oddity’s double glazing, insulation and heating create a warm, homely environment as I bash out this column.
3 min |
January 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE MAISIE GOES TO GOES
To depart or not to depart? That is the question. Is it safer to stay, or suffer the wind and weather of a rough North Sea?
7 min |