For many years, we have been advised that petrol in storage may ‘become stale’, and that if engines are unused for long periods their tanks should be drained. One problem affecting modern petrol/ ethanol blends is that the ethanol absorbs water from the air and eventually the water/ethanol mix undergoes phase separation. Recently the introduction of petrol blends with higher concentrations of ethanol has prompted more warnings, including that petrol should not be stored in a container for longer than a month. I may, inadvertently, have been carrying out a longterm scientific experiment, because my boat’s main petrol tank has not been drained for 35 years and yet the engine runs smoothly.
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Why It's Time To Pay Attention To Your Boat's Hoses
Your boat is full of hoses for many different purposes, many of them critical to essential onboard functions, and even keeping your boat afloat. Make sure they are fit for purpose, says Dag Pike
How Do You Offset Making Too Much Leeway?
A question of seamanship
10 Best Cruising Destinations For Bird Watching
10 Best Cruising Destinations For Bird Watching
Louisiades revisited
John Marley returns to the Louisiades, Papua New Guinea, for a second aid project – with 300 pairs of glasses and copies of YM
‘I decided to just go alone'
Chris Ayres realised a childhood dream when he sailed from Britain to New Zealand, via Panama, in a 28ft yacht – bravely setting sail solo when crew let him down at the 11th hour
MAXI 1100
As an understated fast cruiser with racing potential and a nicely appointed interior, the Maxi 1100 has much to recommend her. David Harding reports
BEAUPORT, JERSEY
Jane Cumberlidge escapes to Jersey’s south-west coast to anchor off one of the Channel Islands’ prettiest beaches
THE CONFESSIONAL
OWN UP TO YOUR SAILING SINS
Sailors aged 14 and 82 finish circumnavigations around Britain
Katie said the only challenging bit of her circumnavigation was going through the Menai Strait.
ADVENTURE THE LONG WAY
Katy Stickland meets the skippers turning their backs on modern technology to take part in the slowest yacht race around the world - the Golden Globe Race
Yachting – 5 Expert Tips
How to put together a winning team
The Yacht Guide
The yacht space is getting bigger and better with time and with waterways being a safer way of commute amidst the pandemic, here’s a list of what is new for you or what has been updated or what a totally new segment has to offer.
Mike Simpson's Growing Passion For Yachting And The Sea
If one man could claim responsibility for affluent Asians’ growing passion for yachting and the sea, that might well be Mike Simpson. He tells his story to Jon Wall.
Premieres & Newcomers
Yacht Style provides an overview of this year’s exciting new models, with most on display at this year’s Cannes Yachting Festival and/or Monaco Yacht Show, some having shown earlier in the year and a couple making their debuts in other autumn shows around Europe.
Rolex Fastnet's “Coup De Cherbourg”
Fierce sou’west winds gusting 30 knots greeted 337 yachts starting the Rolex Fastnet Race, as the 49th edition of this famous offshore classic set off not for Plymouth as usual, but for Cherbourg in France, via Ireland’s Fastnet Rock.
Success For The Spirits
Sailing And Sunshine Topped With Silverware
Embracing The Curves
Azimut’s new 38m Grande Trideck flagship brings the outdoors in with four terraces.
The Cat Meows
The era of the multi-hulled motor yacht has arrived.
The Theory Of Everything
Encompassing art, culture, science, and technology, CEO Aaron Olivera’s Earth 300 mega yacht could potentially herald humanity’s second renaissance
Your Private Island
With two units already in Asia, Ferretti Yachts’ new 500 features Filippo Salvetti’s familiar clean exterior lines but is the brand’s first model to feature interiors by IdeaeItalia, which offers high-end elegance in two distinct moods.