Practical Boat Owner
Test the red button
Have you ever checked whether the red button works on your DSC VHF radio? Gilbert Park puts his own radio to the test
2 min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
IDENTIFICATION GUIDE:Whales and dolphins of the UK
There’s nothing more exciting than a dolphin riding your bow-wave, or a whale breaching... but how can you identify the species? Sailor, photographer and wildlife surveyor Genevieve Leaper tells us more
9 min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Torpedo on the hook
Edi Keck snags a Soviet torpedo with the point of his anchor - and lives to tell the tale!
6 min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
How to sell your boat
Rupert Holmes looks at common pitfalls when trying to sell a boat, how to avoid them and how to get a good price in a reasonable time
10 min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
The ten days of February
Can you count on the weather in February?
3 min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Secret Malta and Gozo
Alan England on ways to escape the crowds in Malta and Gozo
4 min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
A boat for life
Peter Poland examines the 27-30ft twin-keelers that have stood the test of time
10+ min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Electric toilets
Thinking of upgrading your boat’s toilet from manual operation to electric? Jake Kavanagh investigates the options available
8 min |
February 2020
Practical Boat Owner
Why we're doing the ARC
Ali Wood meets four boat crews at different stages in their lives as they get ready to embark on a transatlantic voyage
10+ min |
February 2020
Classic Boat
Keep sailing simple
Discard the gadgets and become more like a classic sailor
3 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
REPLICAS PART 2 THE DETAILS
In the second of two articles, John Lammerts van Bueren continues the story of replicating some of the grandest yachts in history. So far, we’ve decided on a design and hull material
10 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
HOW WE SAVED EACH OTHER
A retired special ops man, a lifelong dream and a classic ketch that showed up at just the right time
8 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
ELECTRIC DAY LAUNCHES
They say the next big thing is here... that the revolution’s near. But to Landamores Boatyard, it seems quite clear... that it’s all just a little bit of history repeating
2 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
Dorade Yawl that launched S&S
You’d be forgiven for thinking yachts always looked this way, but they didn’t – first there was Dorade
3 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
BOSUN'S BAG
PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER
4 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
BOAT BUILDERS ON ICE
Sailing to the frozen north is a big trend these days. Meet two British boatbuilders who sail their self-built wooden boats to the ice every year
5 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Pioneer 9
AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Pioneer 9
3 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
All grown up now
Back in 2011, Robbie Fabre became the youngest recipient of our Restoration of the Year Award. We catch up on the missing years
5 min |
January 2020
Classic Boat
100 YEARS OF THE S-CLASS
A century on and more than half of the original boats are still racing and sailing – we take a closer look at Herreshoff’s enduring design
8 min |
January 2020
Yachting Monthly
Slow cruising with the angels of the ocean
Jeff Wrinch experiences some magical wildlife encounters while on passage to Italy
3 min |
January 2020
Yachting Monthly
How to run a happy ship
Toby Heppell gets advice on skippering with friends and family from Pete Goss, Dee Caffari and Conrad Humphreys
10+ min |
January 2020
Yachting Monthly
SALONA 380
From a yard that’s still relatively unknown in the UK, the Salona 380 looks set to present the established performance cruisers in this size range with some serious competition
8 min |
January 2020
Yachting Monthly
ADVENTURE RED SEA DELIGHT
Despite its reputation for pirates, Tom Dymond discovers a warm welcome as he cruises up the Red Sea to Suez
6 min |
January 2020
Yachting Monthly
‘As the engine spluttered and conked out, panic resumed'
A series of unfortunate mistakes threatened to halt Mark and Nadiyana Farnworth’s dream maiden voyage before it began
5 min |
January 2020
Yachting Monthly
A LONG WEEKEND SHETLAND & FAIR ISLE
Sailing the Shetland Islands offers varied and challenging cruising as well as unbeatable wildlife and unique history, as Jonty Pearce finds out
4 min |
January 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
Turkish Delight
It’s the end of a chapter in more ways than one for Fiona and Frank as they finish their tour of Turkey and bid farewell to their beloved boat, Zaffina
7 min |
January 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
Polar Express
Dag Pike hitches a ride on a 65ft Dutch steel cruiser to explore the glaciers and wildlife of the remote Svalbard archipelago
6 min |
January 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
Part Two - A Small Boat Round Britain
After a rash idea to circumnavigate the whole of Britain in a 27ft Rhea 850, Phil and Nigel find themselves plugging up the windswept East Coast
8 min |
January 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
Blue Game BGX 70
The Bluegame 70 isn’t your typical explorer yacht but there’s no denying it’s one of the most adventurous boats of the year
7 min |
January 2020
Motor Boat & Yachting
Fountaine Pajot MY40
The French shipyard has scaled down its award-winning MY44 to create this new 40ft power catamaran. Is the IPS-powered MY40 as good as its talented sister ship?
6 min |