Boating-sailing
Yachting Monthly UK
Brothers complete record-setting row
Three Scottish brothers have set a new record for rowing across the Pacific.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Stop your halyard wrapping in furling gear
This tip actually comes from my good friend Tony Linehan.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE THE SCOTTISH ISLANDS PEAKS RACE
A demanding adventure that sees teams sail the west coast of Scotland stopping so crew runners race up the peaks of Mull, Jura and Arran. Charles Warlow and family take on the challenge
5 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
True cost of an ATLANTIC CIRCUIT
It's easy to dream about sailing the Atlantic, but actually doing it takes commitment and action. Justin Halewood explains how they did it, and what it cost
5 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Fuel tank woes
When I cleaned my fuel tank out a few years ago, despite clear bright fuel and no water I still had to scrape a kilo of 'tar' off the sides, then use paint thinners to remove the residue.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE HIBERNATING IN BRITTANY
Brittany in winter can be wild, wet and windy and not an obvious choice for spending the off season on board. But southern Brittany in particular has many charming advantages, as Detlef Jens found out
8 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
THE GREATEST GENERATION GOES TO SEA
Richard Crockatt describes how sailors land-bound in WW2 were eager to go to sea again. Edward Allcard was one of them.
4 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE IVAN
Paul Dale recounts the lessons he learned rebuilding his Dufour 41 Alexa on the devastated Caribbean island of Grenada in 2004
9 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
SAILING THE SHIPPING FORECAST
Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them
10 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
What's really in your anchor locker?
When you take your boat out of the water for the winter, make sure you make the effort to empty your anchor locker. Boat yards used to require this before laying-up, but the practice seems to be falling out of favour.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Securing the mainsheet
How often do you stop to think about the hidden dangers of our beautiful sport? I assume most of us do, but there's one particular hazard people often overlook: a loose mainsheet.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Beware of other boats anchoring
We recently watched a powerboat of 22ft or so attempt to anchor about five or six times before giving up and leaving the bay altogether. Every time, the anchor had failed to dig in.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Flush your teak before refuelling
Teak is a beautiful material to use on our decks, particularly if you like a classic look.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Call to save historic £6m chart collection
Britain's libraries and institutions are being called on to save from export a unique collection of 18th and 19th century charts that document the rise of Britain to become the world's leading maritime power.
2 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Northwest Passage first for solo British woman
British sailor Ella Hibbert, 28, has arrived in Alaska, becoming the first British woman to sail solo through the fabled Northwest Passage.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Can you really only visit Scilly in light winds?
Sigma 33, Odette, is cruising the West Country in August and hoping to get to the Scillies. Skippered by Michelle, with her two teenage sons on board, the boat is well set up for cruising, with a decent anchor, 60m of chain, heavy-duty tender and reliable outboard. They're in Penzance, waiting for a break in the southwesterlies before heading across. All are keen to see the Scillies, but just when it looks like the weather will turn in their favour, with an easterly air flow establishing, it threatens to fill in too strongly – the Inshore Waters outlook is E, F6-7, occasionally 8. After that, though, it should ease off. While they're weighing up the options, a local boat ties alongside them and the skipper warns that everyone's leaving the Scillies in advance of the blow. Odette's crew have a week before they need to be back in Falmouth, so if they wait for the strong winds to pass, they probably won't make it over. Should they heed the local skipper's advice, or make a break for it now and just sit out the weather so that they're ready to explore once it passes?
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
The helpful harbourmaster
When he returned, with his card machine, he had changed into a high-vis jacket to flag up, as a warning, his industry
3 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST FAURBY 360 DECK SALOON
Can a deck saloon under 40ft still be graceful and enjoyable to sail?
9 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
LONG WAY TO THE CARIBBEAN
Crossing the Atlantic via the Cape Verde islands is a detour well worth taking
7 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Four sailors rescued from the sea in 'dramatic' incident
Four sailors were rescued off the coast of Norfolk after abandoning their yacht when it ran aground five miles off the coast of Scroby Sands in one of the most 'dramatic' incidents the RNLI lifeboat helm said they had ever seen.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Unprecedented Arctic warming
The Arctic is warming faster than almost anywhere else on Earth, with the Barents Sea experiencing the most dramatic loss of seasonal sea ice, the latest research from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory shows.
1 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Rolling with the news at sea
A new factor in this modern age of cruising is the relationship between the rolling news cycle and crews at sea.
3 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
Group planned to smuggle cocaine in transatlantic vacht
An organised crime gang that planned to smuggle 600 kilos of cocaine aboard a yacht taking part in a transatlantic sailing race were jailed for a total of more than 100 years at Chelmsford Crown Court on 10 September.
2 min |
November 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
NEW GEAR
The latest sailing innovations, including in-depth reviews of comms and seaboots
2 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
How to choose the best power pack for your boat
A portable power pack is a game-changer for anyone who doesn't have shore power or want the expense of an inverter. Fox Morgan reviews 8 of the best...
9 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
ADVENTURE EXPLORING THE DANISH ISLANDS
Chris Carr ventures out to visit just a few of the hundreds of islands in the South Funen Archipelago
7 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
MG SPRING 25
Compact and affordable 1980s yacht perfectly designed for a spot of lively weekend family cruising - or racing...
10+ min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
WINTERISE & REFIT TO REAP REWARDS IN SUMMER
Whether you keep your yacht afloat or haul her out ashore, this quieter period of the year is ideal for essential maintenance, checks, and upgrades, says Mandy Boughton of Ancasta Yacht Services
4 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
A school sailing trip to Corsica
Jonah and his inexperienced Italian classmates set sail for a Corsican adventure
4 min |
September 2025
Yachting Monthly UK
SAILING THE SHIPPING FORECAST
Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast's sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each zone
10 min |