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Laura Dekker

Dutch teenager given green light for circumnavigation

Wed, 28 Jul 2010

14-year-old Laura Dekker plans to set sail in two weeks after court decision

Perham to fly solo round world

The next record beckons

Italian completes circumnavigation despite dismasting

40-year-old sails from Cape Horn under jury rig

Poole set for two new marinas

855 berths to be created

Customs notification process changed

Process made more practical for yachts

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Blogs

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Corporate responsibility

Multi-tasking catamaran builders

Yachtsmen's bins are raided

Council snooping programme

The lesser-spotted Wight wader

Yachting Monthly’s man is up with the mudlarks

Regular blogs

Dick Durham

Dick Durham's Sailing Blog

Podcasts

Libby Purves podcast: "Accelerating now!"

The Yachting Monthly columnist muses on the joy of a faster yacht

Libby Purves' Podcast: The Valve Effect

Libby Purves asks how you'd feel to do away with all the modern bits of kit that most of us have come to rely on.

Libby Purves: A plea for softer sailcloth

As July's Yachting Monthly explores the new developments in sailcloth technology, our columnist Libby Purves campaigns for a more scrunchable, baggable, handleable sailcloth.

Libby Purves: Buying a new boat

A tearful farewll to the newly repainted and beautified Ayesha and a welcome to her new sister of the seas

Tom Cunliffe: The true value of tradition

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

More podcasts

YM Plus

Step-by-step guide to servicing winches

Some sailors expect their winches to work year after year with little or no maintenance. Mark Corke offers a step-by-step guide to servicing this vital piece of deck gear.

The history of winches

How many winches do you have on your boat? The answer is none. They're all capstans.

Letters Extra

Overflow from our readers’ postbag which we didn’t have room to publish in the magazine

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

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Scuttlebutt Forum

Weekend Weather Forecast 29/7/10

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Gear

Garmin DAKOTA 10 GPS

Garmin DAKOTA 10 GPS

Outdoor navigation meets touchscreen simplicity in Dakota 10. This rugged, palm-sized navigator boasts touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix satellite prediction, and a...