During our Friday evening three hour drive to Aurial, we reassured ourselves that Saturday would dawn still and sunny for our inauguaral 2015 sail. Gladly, it did, though I woke…
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Sailor rescued from mud on Isle of Sheppey
A sailor was rescued on Saturday night from mud up to his shoulders at Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey in Kent.
Tom Cunliffe podcast – July 2015
“The true peace of God begins at any spot a thousand miles from the nearest land” One of my favourite quotes is from Joseph Conrad. ‘The true peace of God…
Libby Purves podcast – July 2015
“First of all, fear helps. One hand for yourself, one for the ship” I’m glad to see, among this month’s topics, the rather vital one of how not to fall…
Dick Durham podcast – July 2015
“Bittles was no sailor, but he knew a good idea when he saw one” Exactly 90 years ago this month, Yachting Monthly conceived an offspring, Yacht Sales & Charters. The…
Yachtmaster Plus – Lessons learned from experience Part 4
The RYA Yachtmaster is a good test of advanced seamanship, but the best sailors know that there will always be lessons to be learned from experience
Somerset flood boat donated to Search and Rescue
The village of Muchelney, hit hard by flooding of the Somerset Levels, has loaned its flood rescue boat to Burnham-on-Sea’s BARB Search & Rescue
Jonty Pearce: One of those days
It was just one of those days. We all have them – days when everything we touch goes wrong and it is best to just give up and go back…
Weird weather – is cold wind heavier than warm wind?
For a given wind speed, do you heel more in winter than in summer? Yachting Monthly asked Crusader Sails' Paul Lees and meteorologist Frank Singleton of franksweather.co.uk to find out…
Fastest woman under sail record attempt
Sailor and broadcaster Hannah White has launched a bid to become the fastest woman on water over one nautical mile with Project Speedbird