While 32ft might have been a big boat a few decades ago, 40-42ft is the new normal and the Hanse 410 is another 40 footer coming to market this year…
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‘Why we’ll all miss the shipping forecast’ – Libby Purves
The long-wave shipping forecast reaches its centenary in 2024, though it’s not much of a celebration given that LW itself, ‘at the end of its life as a technology’, will…
Safety shakedown: 6 steps for a safer season
HM Coastguard, the RNLI and RYA have produced a free Boating Safety Checklist to ensure your pre-summer shakedown has all the vital skills and equipment covered. The boat is nearly…
I tried Grunt boat cleaner and my boat has never looked so clean!
Grunt Boat Cleaner Specifications: Comes in 500ml and 1 litre bottles Suitable for use on fiberglass, gel coat, metal, and painted surfaces Can be applied using a spray bottle or…
Is this the prettiest production cruiser ever? Pionier 10 review
One lovely summer’s evening last year (and lets be honest, we didn’t have many of those) we were making our way down the Helford River. After six days of living…
How sailors navigate using just the sun: Expert guide to celestial navigation
When you read this, I will be somewhere in the depths of the Southern Ocean, bound for Cape Horn aboard the Swan 55 Galiana WithSecure. Supported by a crew of…
X-Yachts X49 MkII first look: a good boat gets even better
Updating existing models is nothing new, but X-Yachts is currently working its way through its whole Pure X range, having already updated the X56, and the X43, the Mk II…
Celebrating 200 years of the RNLI
The RNLI was founded in 1824 by Isle of Man resident Sir William Hillary, has saved a tremendous 146,277 lives in two centuries – an average of two lives saved…
‘Why a healthy dose of fatalism is good for you’ – Dick Durham
Nancy, my mother, drummed into me a set of lower middle-class rules, the origins and the validity of which remain, a lifetime later, lost to comprehension. Yet still I stick…
The forecast is unsettled, should you leave harbour?
Bill is in Plymouth in September planning a passage to the Med. He has decided that the first leg is to sail to Camaret near Brest in Brittany. His yacht,…