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Why more cruisers should go wireless
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Why more cruisers should go wireless

Nick Charman makes the case for all cruising yachts to change tack

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5 mins  |
November 2021
Parker 660 Pilothouse
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Parker 660 Pilothouse

Peter Poland test drives the Parker 660 Pilothouse

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7 mins  |
November 2021
Sailing The Martello Coast of Corsica
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Sailing The Martello Coast of Corsica

Owen Moorhouse recalls wonderful cruising and friendships made in Corsica in the 1980s

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7 mins  |
November 2021
Sailing solo to the Isles of Scilly
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Sailing solo to the Isles of Scilly

In the summer of 2020 Katie McCabe (aged 13 at the time) sailed her newly restored classic yacht solo to the Isles of Scilly

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10+ mins  |
November 2021
North Sea dash
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North Sea dash

With Covid and Brexit bureaucracy melting away, Saskia Groen-in’t-Woud enjoyed her first North Sea crossing – despite rough return weather

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5 mins  |
November 2021
Cut and thrust of sailing
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Cut and thrust of sailing

The best ways to call a halt to proceedings

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3 mins  |
November 2021
Cook's challenge
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Cook's challenge

Scraping the food locker bare at the end of the season requires some culinary creativity

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3 mins  |
November 2021
Boater's biplane rescue at air show
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Boater's biplane rescue at air show

A powerboater and her family sprang into action when a biplane crashed into Poole Harbour on the south coast, narrowly missing yachts, rocks and a chain ferry.

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3 mins  |
November 2021
Beachcombing
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Beachcombing

Searching out landing stages and boat noosts

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3 mins  |
November 2021
How To Replace Worn Rudder Bushes
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How To Replace Worn Rudder Bushes

Hedley Ritchie shows how he changed the wobbly bushes on his transom-hung rudder to improve his Westerly Konsort’s steering

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3 mins  |
September 2021
Whale-watching in Quebec
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Whale-watching in Quebec

Liveaboards Belinda Chesman and Kit McAllister mix culture with cetaceans as they cruise Canada’s great St Lawrence river

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9 mins  |
September 2021
Remote paddling
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Remote paddling

The simplest vessels are so often the best

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3 mins  |
September 2021
Mind how you go
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Mind how you go

It’s time to exorcise those mystic influences

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3 mins  |
September 2021
Inland innovation
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Inland innovation

Wilf Lower relives a European inland adventure

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3 mins  |
September 2021
Up a creek with no water to paddle
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Up a creek with no water to paddle

Mike Humphreys calls on his ingenuity and practical skills to rescue a family marooned on a mud bank by the falling tide

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8 mins  |
September 2021
Small boats, big cruising
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Small boats, big cruising

Rupert Holmes describes a selection of very capable small boats for cruising on a budget

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10+ mins  |
September 2021
God vakt!
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God vakt!

Marsali Taylor recalls every detail of a day aboard the tall ship Sørlandet off the coast of Norway

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10+ mins  |
September 2021
Boat Electrics 101 course review
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Boat Electrics 101 course review

Nigel Calder and his team of marine electrics experts have hit the mark, says Rupert Holmes

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2 mins  |
September 2021
Viking adventure
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Viking adventure

Sam Griffiths and his dad camp out under the stars in a 12ft dinghy to enjoy the delights of an historic German waterway

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10+ mins  |
Summer 2021
Red herring
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Red herring

Seaspiracy is righteous rather than right

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3 mins  |
Summer 2021
Restoring Andromeda
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Restoring Andromeda

Clive Robertson swaps a London media career for four years in a boatyard and restores a wooden gaffer from scratch

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10+ mins  |
Summer 2021
Steam-bending a new toe rail
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Steam-bending a new toe rail

Greg Manning shows you how to laminate and steam a plank so that it can be to be bent across its width

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3 mins  |
Summer 2021
The right look
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The right look

Peter Poland tests the second-hand Swedish production powerboat that just looks ‘right’ to so many ex-sailors

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8 mins  |
Summer 2021
Fleeing a volcanic eruption
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Fleeing a volcanic eruption

Kia Koropp and family up-anchor and grab their face masks when a cloud of black ash descends on the Grenadines

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6 mins  |
Summer 2021
Make or break situation
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Make or break situation

How you can get snookered when sailing

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3 mins  |
Summer 2021
Old gaffer to Ushant
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Old gaffer to Ushant

Max Liberson suffers concussion, ghostly apparitions and crew desertion on a tiring voyage to France

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10 mins  |
Summer 2021
Fitting a new water tank gauge
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Fitting a new water tank gauge

Measuring your boat’s water capacity is essential for any cruiser, yet is surprisingly hard to get right, discovers Roger Hughes

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8 mins  |
Summer 2021
Fast track to Yachtmaster
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Fast track to Yachtmaster

When Covid scuppers Josh Lindley’s gap year, he takes on a demanding 5-month sailing course instead to qualify as a skipper

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5 mins  |
Summer 2021
Weather forecast models and apps
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Weather forecast models and apps

Rupert Holmes unpicks the tech behind the data that underpins all weather apps and highlights his favourite software

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10 mins  |
March 2021
Short-handed harbour manoeuvres
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Short-handed harbour manoeuvres

Øyvind Bordal has some tips for single- and double-handers

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4 mins  |
March 2021