‘Having to brass up to lie in what have always been free anchorages is another burden on our creaking cruising budgets’ My first experience of Internet-based weather forecasting for sailors…
Yachting Monthly
Dick Durham podcast – May 2015
“Scraping a burning surfaceinchesfrom your face while, lying on your back is a kind of torture” By the time the weather’s good enough to launch your boat, the novelty of…
Try sailing for free this summer with RYA Push the Boat Out
Sailing clubs across the country will offer sailing taster sessions in May as part of the RYA's Push the Boat Out initiative
Whitehaven Marina berthing numbers up
Cumbrian sailors are driving demand for berths in Whitehaven Marina following investment
May 2015
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Sailing 100 miles without a keel
In 2010 a charter yacht completed three sailing charters and over 100 miles before anyone noticed the keel fell off after she ran aground
Caledonian Canal closure update
Caledonian Canal breach has been closed. Navigation to resume by end of April
Sailor prosecuted for wind farm sabotage
A cruising yachtsman has been prosecuted for industrial sabotage in relation to an offshore wind farm today
Diagnose and fix marine diesel engine problems
Tim Bartlett explains how you can diagnose some common marine diesel engine problems, and fix most of them
A coastal cruise to the Azores
I’ve wanted to cruise the Azores since childhood. Not to make a brief pitstop at Horta or Ponta Delgada on an eastbound transatlantic passage, as thousands of sailors do every…