Yachting Monthly

Tom Cunliffe

  • January 9, 2015

“My luck ran out. I hit more rocks in the next half-hour than in the rest of my life to date” Sitting in my saloon with the bogey stove glowing…

Dick Durham

  • January 9, 2015

“The operating manual is smothered in oily fingerprints and smells of diesel” What were two men doing zig-zag- ging across a theatre forecourt as light summer rain began to soak…

Life in a liferaft, during a F6 in the Bay of Biscay

  • January 8, 2015

Ever wondered what life in a liferaft is really like in rough weather? Yachting Monthly's Chris Beeson packed his sick bag and went to the Bay of Biscay to find…

Skipper’s tips: moon tides

  • January 7, 2015

Skipper’s tips: moon tides. Yachtmaster examiner Tom Cunliffe with practical advice for all sailors

  • January 4, 2015

What a pong! Funny smells on board your boat can be dangerous. Two seasons ago I thought my holding tank was leaking. Up forward, where it lives, a distinct pong…

  • January 2, 2015

Back to front is right for ventilation Ventilation is critical to the life expectancy of a wooden boat, particularly when left on a mooring. No GRP yacht ever sank through…

  • December 30, 2014

This photo is a rather exaggerated case of wind-against-tide. The water’s easy to read because you’d expect things to be rough and they were. In lesser situations you can still…

  • December 27, 2014

The ideal sea berth is a single settee-style affair wide enough to turn over in. If you’re anything like me and find the deep and dreamless hard to come by…

  • December 25, 2014

What’s she like to sail? Having sailed most Legends since their introduction, I have complete confidence in the rig’s integrity. The 36 is reasonably well arranged for shorthanded sailing, with…