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Blogs

Latest Blog Posts

Feb 8
  • 13:06
  • Posted by Richard Durham

Juvenile dementia?

No, wonders of the deep

Feb 2
  • 17:29
  • Posted by Richard Durham

Any child up for swimming the Atlantic ?

Teeny-boppers have time to train

Feb 1
  • 15:33
  • Posted by Richard Durham

Richey of the Atlantic

Strange likeness to TE Lawrence

Regular blogs

Dick Durham

Dick Durham's Sailing Blog

Dick Durham is an East Coast sailor of the old school, his blog is witty and wistful, full of surprises and can be as cutting as a fresh nor' easterly

Telltale Sailing Blog

Podcasts

Libby Purves: Charting betrayal

Libby laments the rising cost of charts in February's podcast.

Tom Cunliffe: Why spoil Yarmouth?

Yarmouth's pile moorings may be less convenient than pontoons, but they lend the harbour a salty character

Tom Cunliffe: More revolutionary than GPS

The rediscovery of a map from Ancient Greece strikes Tom like a thunderclap in the January issue podcast

Libby Purves: The skipper's sacred space

At last someone has shown proper respect to one of the core relationships in our seafaring lives...

Tom Cunliffe: International Waters

A French festival reminds Tom that the brotherhood of the sea is stronger than old rivalries in Tom Cunliffe's December podcast

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YM Plus

Boat test in a Swedish Gale

The story behind the Hallberg Rassy 310 test

Why does my autopilot 'auto-off'?

The unedited letter sent by Derek Gilbert, Raymarine's customer service manager, to YM reader Bob Johnson in response to a question about his ST7000 tripping into standby without warning

26,000-mile gear test

Extra gear tested by the fleet of the Blue Water Rally 2007-09

Life inside a liferaft

The November 2007 issue of YM contains advice on how to cope with life in a liferaft. Before putting pen to paper, technical editor Chris Beeson took a yacht from La Rochelle into the Biscay swell

Mike Golding sails Gipsy Moth IV

Round the world yachtsman Mike Golding, leaves ECOVER behind and sails Sir Frances Chichester's yacht Gipsy Moth IV in the Solent. To see what he thought, read the November 2008 issue of Yachting...

Best waterside pubs - Yachting Monthly's 40 Favourite Pubs

Whether you're toasting the successful completion of an offshore passage on a sun-soaked pub terrace or sheltering in the glow of a roaring fire while a gale howls outside, all sailors know the...

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Boats for Sale

Leisure 20

£3950 Leisure 20 (1979)


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Scuttlebutt Forum

Alternative to eberspacher

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If you were thinking of spending serious money (£1,799) on a...


NB. Cloud photos - you don't have to be French

by Twister_Ken

Meteo France had a competition for cloud pix. Winners are here...


[bold]NB[/bold]. Cloud photos - you don't have to be French

by Twister_Ken

Meteo France had a competition for cloud pix. Winners are...


Gear

Boaties Frying Pan

Boaties Frying Pan

At last a frying pan designed to fit the stove on your boat!
This rectangular 250x200x45mm pan gives maximum size (greater than a 25cm round pan), whilst using minimum stove area. It's...