Like many British sailors, I had been put off going to our close neighbour Cherbourg by the thought of crossing the Channel with its shipping lanes, fast tides and bad…
Toby Heppell
How to follow the Round the Island Race: A spectator’s guide
The Round the Island Race is one of the most popular sailing races in the world, regularly seeing thousands of boats taking part. Not only that, but it is one…
A beginner’s guide to the Round the Island Race course
The Round the Island Race is something of a unique event in the sporting calendar and is one of the largest mass-participation events in the UK. There are few sports…
How to get the best from your sailing boat: Learning how to ‘change gears’
Many of you, like me, probably started their sailing adventures in small dinghies. The purity of just you, the wind and some canvas. It’s where we honed our skills of…
June 2025
The June 2025 issue of Yachting Monthly is out now
Freedom 40 used boat review: Unstayed marvel still going strong
Adrian Mulville had one purpose in mind when he was looking for a boat in 2007. He wanted a vessel he could take his family on a year’s sabbatical, sailing…
November 2024
In the November 2024 issue of Yachting Monthly magazine: MYSTERIOUS MOUNT ATHOS Alexander Shaw sails to a Byzantine monastery in northern Greece CALLING ALL CADETS Ex-cadets cheer on a new…
August 2024
In the July 2024 issue of Yachting Monthly magazine: Features KATHLEEN PALMER – Sailing’s invisble woman, and how she helped pave the way to Olympic parity RAT ON BOARD –…
July 2024
In the July 2024 issue of Yachting Monthly magazine: Features FAMILY FUN TO THE SCILLIES & BACK – Monty Halls sets sail with his family for the Isles of Scilly…