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.

GETTING AWAY WITH IT

Juvenile orcas imitate ‘White Gladis’, attacking yachts off the Iberian peninsula

NEWS

Atlantic challenge over for Andrew

NEWS IN NUMBERS

Two sailors lost in May Channel races

Jeremy Bagshaw fifth to finish GGR

Thousands of tonnes of ‘blood teak’ imported into the US, EIA report says

New Noss on Dart marina opens as part of £80m regeneration

NEWS

Chris Cameron aims to beat Rockall record

Extension of Ivory Act to offer more protection to species also threatened by climate change

OUTREMER 52 • Catamarans are becoming ever more popular with private owners, especially for blue-water adventures. Theo Stocker takes a look at two new models

NAUTITECH 44 OPEN

LETTERS

DON’T MISS NEXT MONTH

Yachting Monthly

The cost of coals from Newcastle

We should all take novices sailing

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

1ST KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER • “I never doubted I would get to the finish line’

2ND ABHILASH TOMY • ‘All problems are fixable so I never thought I couldn’t make a repair’

CHICHESTER CLASS WINNER SIMON CURWEN • ‘I had to get up, do the repairs and finish the job’

3RD MICHAEL GUGGENBERGER

5TH FINISHER JEREMY BAGSHAW

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

ELAN E4

THIS MONTH’S EXPERTS

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

Should I replace my chain riser with rope?

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP

NAVIGATE YOUR WAY HOME WITHOUT POWER • Electrical failure can put you in the dark when your instruments go down. A few traditional skills, and a good tool kit, can see you safely home, says Pete Goss

NAVIGATION

THE 11 NAV SKILLSTO GET YOU HOME

ELECTRICAL PROBLEM SOLVING

ELECTRICAL TOOL BOX

‘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

LESSONS LEARNED

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PETE GOSS DESIGNING OUR PERFECT BOAT • The legendary offshore yachtsman talks us through the design of his latest boat

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YOUR CRUISING COMMUNITY • Send your sailing gossip, diary dates, cruising news and club or owners’ association updates to heather.prentice@futurenet.com

Magic of the Moray Firth • This leg of Mark Ashley-Miller’s epic Harbour Master challenge takes in northeast Scotland’s varied coastline

My first Biscay crossing • Kate Fraser’s first overnight sail was both testing and exhilarating in equal measure

A sense of home •...