Yachting Monthly

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.

ARMCHAIR SAILING

Yacht builders fined for using ‘blood’ teak

New 24-hr record in Vendée Globe

NEWS IN NUMBERS

NOC study predicts UK marine heatwaves

Lifejacket wins top prize at DAME Awards

Man overboard while crossing the Atlantic

Zero waste to landfill in 2024 at Fambridge

MCA launches PLB rescue consultation

Scotland’s boaters unite against Clyde fees

LETTERS

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BEST NEW GEAR FOR 2025 • Experts at the annual DAME Design Awards inspected 114 entries from 28 countries to choose the latest outstanding marine products

FIRST TEST BENETEAU OCEANIS 37.1 • Can a smaller boat pack in more space and more performance than her predecessor? Theo Stocker went to sail Beneteau’s latest cruiser

SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED • Send your questions to our experts at yachtingmonthly@futurenet.comfor the chance to win a bottle of Chilgrove gin

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP

HOW [NOT] TO MOOR YOUR YACHT • Line-handling is an often neglected skill on which the safety of your boat and crew depends when tying up. Harry Dekkers explains what to do, and what not to

Shared ownership • A private syndicate, a boat club, or charter leas Ben Lowings compares the options for reduced-cost boat ownership

THE VERY BEST OF BOATING

‘FOG, GALES, HURRICANES AND CALMS IN ONE VOYAGE’ • Fog, currents and calms would challenge us as we tackled the Grand Banks, Gulf Stream and Azores High. We were at the French island of St Pierre off the Newfoundland coast, next stop Flores in the Azores

PROVIDENT’S CENTENARY VOYAGE • Steve Jones and Morag Slesser sail Provident, a historic Brixham Sailing Trawler, on a centenary voyage from Scotland’s west coast to her roots on the South Coast

ADVENTURE SAILING THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE • The Reverend Bob Shepton braved freezing gales and ice floes to sail 6,059 miles through the Northwest Passage with his crew of four South African climbers

USEFUL INFORMATION

ROUNDING CAPE HORN • Breaking bread with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Skip Novak and Jean-Luc Van Den Heede? Then you’d better be a good listener. Dick Durham is all ears at the annual Cape Horners’ dinner

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CRUISING BLOW AWAY THOSE WINTER BLUES • Every month through the winter, scores of sailors sign up for the Little Ship Club’s ‘fast cruises.’ Dick Durham joins one and reports back

LITTLE SHIP CLUB HISTORY

YOUR CRUISING COMMUNITY

Gamming in Maine on board Lewis R French • Frances and Michael Howorth set sail on board a schooner launched in 1871

A dream achieved! • In 1959 Rozelle Raynes (Rozelle Beattie then) set out to sail her 25ft folkboat, Martha McGilda, alone to Russia – or as close as she could get. Trapped by a gale for eight days on the small island of Furusand, she began to worry about reaching Helsinki before the Finnish winter set in…

BOOK CLUB • Julia Jones reviews the latest maritime reading

TECHNICAL STARLINK ENTERPRISE • After an expensive Iridium error Nick Mines turned to SpaceX for an affordable satcom solution

5 SATCOM ALTERNATIVES

HOW IT WORKS CLEANING AN ANTI-SYPHON VALVE

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