Yachting Monthly

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Yachting monthly is at the heart of the British yachting market and is for people who actively sail their boats - whether cruising across the channel, around the coast or further a field in blue waters. It provides an entertaining mix of vital information for cruising yachtsmen with all levels of experience, which maximises their enjoyment, increases their skills and gives them the confidence to broaden their horizons.

A MATTER OF SIZE

Blue skies at Ocean Globe Race leg 3 start

NEWS

Huge wind farm to be in UK waters

MAIB recommendations after RIB fatality

World’s biggest iceberg A23a is on the move

Government approves HVO on inland waters

Falmouth Harbour appoints scientist as new commissioner

Calor to resupply phased-out gas cylinders

NCI joins passport stamping points on the SW Coast Path

LETTERS

DON’T MISS NEXT MONTH

Yachting Monthly

A healthy dose of fatalism is good for you

We’ll miss the shipping forecast

NEW BOATS • New boat launches continue apace. Theo Stocker looks at a handful of new 40-footers

FIRST TEST POINTER 30 • This sleek and sporty weekend sailer from the Netherlands has plenty of appeal for the coastal sailor, found Theo Stocker

POINTER 30

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SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Victualling and stowing food

Take a break, Skipper

Is it worth using a coarse fuel filter?

Dealing with seasick crew

Cockpit stowage

Sharing the strain

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP

ROUGH & READY CELESTIAL NAVIGATION • A sextant and the sun is all you need to find your position, says Tapio Lehtinen. It’s easier than messing around with stars and much more satisfying than GPS

NOON SIGHTS • The noon sight is a simple calculation and the result provides your exact latitude.

FORENOON & AFTERNOON SIGHTS

CALCULATING A POSITION LINE

PLOTTING POSITION

GLOSSARY

Tales from the ARC • Heather Prentice meets the varied group of sailors inspired to join the iconic Atlantic crossing

CREW’S TOP TIPS

HOW NOT TO BUY A BOAT… A GUIDE TO GETTING IT WRONG • When Dominic Johnson’s dream of owning his own boat finally became reality, the litany of errors he made when purchasing and maintaining her sapped both his energy and his bank balance. Here he explains how you can avoid the same fate…

LESSONS LEARNED

CRUISING ENGLAND’S EAST COAST RIVERS • A solo, septuagenarian sailor rediscovers the joys, magic and mystery of England’s East Coast rivers, sailing over four bars and under two bridges

TOP TIPS

LUNGI MCHUNU THERE ARE NO LIMITS • The first African woman to sail to the Arctic, a citizen scientist and climate change activist, Lungi has dared to dream and believes there are no limits to what we can achieve. Here she tells Yachting Monthly her story

LUNGI MCHUNU

Flitting north to a new home • Kirsty and Gavin Pritchard relocate their Hanse 312 Local Hero from Gosport to her new home, the Isle of Arran, on Scotland’s west coast

Capsize mid Pacific

BOOK CLUB • Julia Jones reviews the latest maritime reading

SIX OF THE BEST NIGHT VISION SCOPES

GARMIN FENIX 7 SOLAR SMARTWATCH

ALSO ON THE MARKET

THE VERY BEST OF BOATING

TECHNICAL MOISTURE INGRESS • Glass fibre revolutionised boatbuilding in the 1960s, but its use hasn’t entirely eliminated the problems of moisture ingress. Duncan Kent explains

PIONIER 10 • One of the prettiest production cruisers ever built, the Pionier 10 has the manners and performance to match her appearance, says David Harding

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