Pip Hare was the first British skipper to finish the 2020-21 Vendée Globe. She shares the highs and lows of her race
Cruising life
Summer cruising: the 40 best UK anchorages
Planning your summer sailing? Yachting Monthly experts share their favourite UK anchorages, with tips to make the most of your time afloat
Lively Lady: Sir Alec Rose’s yacht lives again
Dick Durham discovers the restored Lively Lady is still wowing the crowds 50 years after Sir Alec Rose completed his groundbreaking global circumnavigation
Roger Taylor: Impossible voyage conquered
Roger Taylor navigates his engineless 24ft Mingming II on a 4,000 mile nonstop voyage around the usually icebound waters of the Arctic
Dee Caffari: 6 times around the world; 600 times around the garden
Like all of us, Dee Caffari had to abandon her sailing plans when COVID-19 hit. Budding journalist Harry Sowerby talks to her about life during lockdown
Brexit: Can I sail to the EU with red diesel in my tanks?
Following confirmation that recreational sailors in England, Wales and Scotland can still use red diesel, what impact will that have on UK cruisers visiting the EU?
25 Cruising Heroes for the 21st century
Katy Stickland chooses 25 modern cruising sailors who have inspired others to throw off the bowlines and explore by sail
Gerry Hughes: no challenge too great
Gerry Hughes is the first deaf sailor to solo circumnavigate the world. Katy Stickland finds out what motivates him to push the boundaries
Stuck head-first in a cockpit locker – a true story
Qualified marine engineer Martin Blount shares the terrifying ordeal of getting stuck upside down aboard his boat while working alone, on a river mooring
Hell or High Seas: a voyage around Cape Horn
Taylor Grieger and Stephen O’Shea faced pirates, navigated the Furious Fifties and came to blows during a life-changing voyage from Florida around Cape Horn