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Success for Green Blue

Fri, 6 Nov 2009

RYA environmental scheme attracts many

Mike Perham's TV debut

Sailing schoolboy's round world record on Channel 4

Fleet of 116 nominated for Sydney Hobart

Numbers up on last year

Hostage sailors face 'tug-of-war'

Islamic gang plan to snatch couple from pirates

Kidnapped yachtsmen only worth £100,000

Pirates told 'they are not rich'

Blogs

Latest Blog Posts

Nov 6
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From Russia with bird lime

5,000 geese arrive in the Thames Estuary

Oct 8
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Exciting new opportunity for jihadists

Suicide sailors

Oct 7
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A Daily Mail man writes

Frothing at the wouth

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: An inconvenient truth

Tom prefers to trust his own judgement over online assertions about a yacht’s comfort and performance.

Libby Purves: Handicapped in marinas

Libby puts forward the case for special dispensation for long-keelers

Tom Cunliffe: Sail without stress

A stream of interesting material lands on Tom’s desk

Libby Purves: Birch, borstal and sacred boats

If your dinghy vanishes on some desolate beach, you can’t get back to your supper, your bed, your life.

Tom Cunliffe: Sale was truly 'hampered'

Tom recounts his history of boat ownership

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YM Plus

Preview Vendée Globe 2008

We take a brief look at who's who in the Vendée Globe, which starts Sunday, 9th November 2008.

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

The Loss of Tahiti Belle

Nick Barham's Val 31 Trimaran, Tahiti Belle, broke up mid-Atlantic as he returned home from the Jester Azores Challenge. Read his account of the rescue in September 2008's Yachting Monthly.

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...

Southampton Boat Show Guide

Download and print your full-colour guide

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Boats for Sale

Hallberg-Rassy 31

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Used to be a UK registered boat. Home...


Gear

WaveCo 2.6m Solid Transom Inflatable MRP: £329.95 SAVE £50

WaveCo 2.6m Solid Transom Inflatable MRP: £329.95 SAVE £50

A budget, solid transom inflatable with slatted floor & metal, pin-style rowlocks Reinforced nylon handles & D Ring Collapsible oars 2 Chambers Footpump Carry Bag Fittings for Bow...