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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
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
Sailing skills and practical seamanship
Simon Jinks, YM's Technical Writer and a Yachtmaster Examiner, and the YM team of experienced yachtsmen deal with everything from recovering a man-overboard and anchoring to boat and sail handling.