Yachting Monthly UK
Heads up for a rite of passage!
Heads on yachts, as we all know, represent a range of challenges. Some are physical, some mechanical, and some spiritual.
2 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
'ROLLED & DISMASTED IN MONSTER SEAS'
Ian Herbert-Jones found himself dismasted and injured in an 80-knot storm deep in the South Atlantic after 219 days at sea in the Golden Globe Race. He told Theo Stocker about the experience
8 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
FIRST TEST ELAN E4
Elan’s smallest boat is a huge amount of fun, but would she make a sensible cruising boat? Theo Stocker set out to find her limits
10 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
THE 2022-23 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE : THE RACE OF ATTRITION
Katy Stickland talks to the five finishers about routing, gear failure, their seamanship and how they coped spending eight months alone at sea
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Yachting Monthly UK
BUYER'S GUIDE - MARINE BINOCULARS
Developments in optics and materials mean marine binoculars now offer better value than ever before. Dennis O’Neill rounded up the best pairs – for all budgets
8 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting World
EVE IN EDEN
A 7,000-MILE PASSAGE FROM AUSTRALIA TO THE SEYCHELLES VIA BALI ABOARD A CLASSIC SWAN 65 WAS A TROPICAL ADVENTURE FOR MEG NIBLETT
10+ min |
July 2023
Yachting World
ITALIA YACHTS 12.98
ITALIA YACHTS HAS SUCCEDED WITH ITS SMALLER DESIGNS, BUT IS THERE ROOM FOR YET ANOTHER PREMIUM BRAND IN THE 40-45FT CRUISER-RACER SECTOR?
6 min |
July 2023
Yachting World
Starlink changes for cruisers
Starlink, Elon Musk’s low orbit satellite network, has shaken up its offering for cruising sailors using its portable dish for broadband internet at sea
1 min |
July 2023
Yachting World
Three finish Golden Globe Race
South African sailor Kirsten Neuschäfer won the 2022/23 Golden Globe Race on 27 April, becoming the first woman ever to win a solo non-stop around the world race
2 min |
July 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Don't risk illegal filling of gas cylinders
Alamy tsianid George Boat owners are being warned not to attempt to refill Calor gas bottles with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) at petrol stations - which is \"both highly dangerous and unlawful\".
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Jubilee year for Old Gaffers Association
Hundreds of classic yachts and working boats are to gather in Ipswich to mark the 60th year of the Old Gaffers Association (OGA), with a Diamond Jubilee Party from 3-6 August.
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Orcas sink yacht off Spanish coast
Four sailors were rescued from a yacht which sank following an interaction with orcas off the coast of Barbate, Cádiz.
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Magna charter
Why exotic sailing holidays abroad are not necessarily all they're cracked up to be
3 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Rig design THE PROS & CONS
Peter Poland looks at the history of popular rig designs and how the different types affect boat performance
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
How to cross Biscay
Crossing Biscay is a rite of passage for many sailors: Rachael Sprot has expert advice on how to handle the 'Golfe de Gascogne'
10 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Bilge pump mystery
Zoran Glozinic buys a suspiciously low priced bilge pump with a design flaw... but it proves just the job for his project boat
5 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Regattas again!
Camaraderie, competition, mussel float dodging and home-made blueberry muffins
3 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Understanding electrics: switches and relays
Pat Manley and Oliver Ballam demystify boat electrics, starting with switches and relays
3 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Learning how to restore old boats
Inspired by a stunning homebuilt yacht, Ali Wood visits the Boat Building Academy to learn how any of us can become boatbuilders
10+ min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
From Canada to the UK in a microyacht
Being 6ft tall, Andrew Bedwell cannot straighten his legs in his 'just over a metre long' microyacht Big C, yet he is about to sail the boat solo across the Atlantic for 90 days, eating cold squares of dehydrated beef.
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
DIY £200 chartplotter
John Calton builds his own 10in touchscreen chartplotter with GPS and AIS for a fraction of the cost of an off-the-shelf system
8 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Crossing Wide Bay bar
crossing John Tylor recalls a treacherous sideways, and while asleep-on the tropical Queensland coast with his good friend Don
6 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting World
America's Cup Saudi controversy
America’s Cup organisers have announced that the second preliminary regatta for the 37th America’s Cup cycle will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from 30 November–3 December 2023
2 min |
July 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Heroes' welcome for retro race history makers
Kirsten Neuschäfer has a solo, round the world yacht race after winning the 2022 Golden Globe Race (GGR).
1 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Anchoring charges and the law
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners has defended charging £15 a night to a boat owner who complained about \"being made to pay to anchor\", despite having no intention of using facilities ashore.
2 min |
Summer 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Tideway 10 GUNTER OR LUGGER?
The trailerable TW10 has the benefits of her sister vessel, the Tideway 12, but is lighter and easier to launch and recover by hand
4 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting World
IT TAKES TWO
THE DOUBLE-HANDED GLOBE 40 TEAMS POWERED AROUND THE WORLD OVER EIGHT LEGS IN JUST NINE MONTHS. RUPERT HOLMES DISCOVERS WHAT CRUISERS CAN LEARN FROM THEIR TOUGH CIRCUMNAVIGATION
10+ min |
July 2023
Yachting World
LONE STAR
AS WINNER OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE RACE, KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN A SOLO AROUND THE WORLD RACE. HELEN FRETTER FINDS OUT WHAT DRIVES HER
10 min |
July 2023
Practical Boat Owner
Essential checks for chainplates
As long as our chainplates aren't leaking, few of us give them a second thought. But should we be checking more closely? Surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies explains what to look out for
6 min |
Summer 2023
Yachting World
ATLANTIC CON AUTO
OVER 250 TRANSATLANTIC SKIPPERS FROM THE MOST RECENT ARC FLEET REPORT BACK ON THE EFFICACY AND RELIABILITY OF THEIR SELF-STEERING AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY EQUIPMENT
8 min |