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victory

Britain's maritime biography: on TV

Fri, 12 Mar 2010

BBC Four to start new series in May

Raymarine facing new buyout

Early deal offered

Clipper skipper breaks leg

Japanese Coastguard in charge of evacuation

Buzz on for Southampton Boat Show

Exhibitor bookings up

Yachting scribe in car accident

Now recovering from serious injuries

Blogs

Latest Blog Posts

Mar 3
  • 13:39
  • Posted by Richard Durham

Sarah is a party animal

New RYA chief ran knees-ups for toffs

Feb 19
  • 12:47
  • Posted by Richard Durham

A Coastguard speaks

The heirarchy of rescue

Feb 12
  • 10:29
  • Posted by Richard Durham

Auld mugs

World's greatest race reduced to a punt

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

Tom Cunliffe: The true value of tradition

Tom Cunliffe argues that flag etiquette provides a link to centuries of seafaring tradition

Libby Purves: A tragic tropical truth

Even in paradise, Libby Purves finds there's no escaping the privations of life aboard a small boat...

Tom Cunliffe: Modern engine marvels

Listen to Tom's podcast for March 2010

Libby Purves: A real singlehander

Libby Purves: Yachting Monthly podcast March 2010

Libby Purves: Charting betrayal

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

More podcasts

YM Plus

Yachting Monthly's fit-out checklist

Are you ready for the new season? Download our free fit-out checklist to make sure you've ticked all the boxes

Self-levelling radar

Extras from the Yachting Monthly Test of self-levelling radar

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

More from YM Plus

Boats for Sale

Rossiter Pintail

€30000 Rossiter Pintail (1978)


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Scuttlebutt Forum

Downwind faster than the wind. Poll

by snowleopard

So let's see what people think of the claims

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Beginners first attempt at Astro

by Neil

Well, today I got my sextant out and tried it for real. Well,...


Marinas near Bodrum (Turkey)/Prices?

by JacquiMaryEvans

Looking for somewhere to leave the boat (Eastern Aegean/Turkey)...


Gear

Windward Grab Bag

Windward Grab Bag

This Emergency Grab Bag is specifically designed to store all the critical safety and survival gear required in an emergency. Ruggedly made from waterproof material, it has interior pockets for...