The planets, on occasion, line up to make something special. And so it proved for this year’s Drheam Cup (the French open offshore Grand Prix). Some 120 craft, ranging from…
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Sailing the Fastnet sea area: ‘The slate shores lifted up to banks of bracken and purple heather’
Fastnet Fastnet is arguably the shipping-forecast sea area that most persistently stirs our sailing ambitions and dreams. Whether we race or cruise, our collective memories of Fastnet races and storms,…
Could you get a long-keeled yacht out of this tight spot?
Annie and Fred are in Tréguier aboard their Vancouver 38, Gallant, and would like to depart for Lézardrieux, 20 miles to the east. They want to catch the flood tide,…
More Than a Yacht: Becoming Part of the Saare Family
A long voyage is made up of much more than the miles sailed. There are passages to manage with a small crew, changing conditions to deal with, equipment to maintain…
The Spooky Side of Seafaring: Superstitions, Sirens, and Shipwrecks
Seafaring folk have always been among the most superstitious. It you’ve ever night sailed on a moonless night, with a pitch dark sky above and fathoms of black water on…
‘We were welcomed on a narrow approach by the resident seals’ – Sailing the Irish Sea
Irish Sea Uniquely amongst Shipping Forecast sea areas, the Irish Sea incorporates coastlines of every country in the UK as well as the Republic of Ireland. On its western edge…
November 2026
The November 2026 issue of Yachting Monthly is out now…
‘The gale-force mistake that nearly made my wife hate sailing forever’ – Yachting lessons learnt
Greece, 2024 – first light breaks, the anchor is catted, and Namika’s bow blows ever so gently off with the early land breeze. As she turns out to point into…
Youngest entrant Louis Kerdelhué retires from the Golden Globe Race due to his ‘physical condition’
Louis Kerdelhué announced this morning his decision to retire from the 2026 Golden Globe Race due to ‘the limits of his health and physical condition,’ according to race organisers. In…
How to make sailing fun for all the family
We’ve all caught the sailing bug at some stage in our lives but for me it came relatively late and I wish I’d caught it earlier. Growing up in Cornwall…