Katy Stickland

Editor

Boat checklist: A good waggle should reveal if the prop, shaft or P-bracket are all tight and secure. Credit: Rubicon 3 Adventure

Boat checklist: 27 checks for the start of the season

March 12, 2022

Prepare properly for getting back afloat, and you and your boat will be ready for a trouble-free season, says Rubicon 3 Adventure’s John Manners

The MAIB wants a national voluntary registration scheme for personal watercraft

Calls for UK-wide approach to personal watercraft management

March 9, 2022

The Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents wants a cross industry forum to be formally created for the nationwide management of personal watercraft in the UK

There are numerous waterside pubs around the UK and Ireland to quench a sailor's thirst. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo

Waterside pubs, breweries and distilleries to sail to in the UK and Ireland

March 4, 2022

Waterside pubs have long been a part of sailing tradition. Yachting Monthly experts recommend 10 of the best pubs, breweries and distilleries to sail to in the UK and Ireland

April 2022 cover of Yachting Monthly magazine

Yachting Monthly April 2022 – On Sale 03 March 2022

March 3, 2022

Inside the April 2022 issue of Yachting Monthly: Sail for the horizon: Are you ready to head offshore? Green Sailing Special: Mike Golding on why plastic pollution is a red…

Anchor away from the local moorings at Cawsand Bay, which has good holding. Credit: Jane Cumberlidge

Cawsand Bay, Cornwall: the anchorage with it all

March 2, 2022

Beaches, coastal walks and historic Plymouth near by – the Cornish anchorage of Cawsand Bay has it all, says Jane Cumberlidge

Discovery Shipyard Limited's Southerly 48 will be built by Ocean Shipyard. Credit: Richard Langdon

Discovery Shipyard site taken over by UK shipyard

March 1, 2022

Ocean Shipyard has secured exclusive rights to hand build the Southerly 42, Southerly 48 and Bluewater 50 Catamaran following the demise of Discovery Shipyard

Crossing any tidal stretch of water will warrant making altering course to account for stream, but how much? Credit: Alamy Stock Photo

Course to steer: how to calculate it in your head

March 1, 2022

Knowing mental arithmetic shortcuts can make calculating your course to steer quick and simple, says Peter Strike

a boat moored on a pontoon in the canary islands

Battery gas: A close shave for one sailing couple

February 28, 2022

Concerned about a ‘hessian-like’ smell, Pat Buckley-Jones and his wife Ruth discovered battery gas was escaping from their overcharged device

Nicholas and Catherine Hodgson have been collecting rubbish for the last five years, and find a SUP is the best way to transport trash to their boat. Credit: Nicholas Hodgson

Spotting a leopard in the Mediterranean

February 27, 2022

Nicholas Hodgson shares how a personal crusade against litter resulted in ‘Trash Tuesdays’, an environmental initiative with ever-growing appeal. The article was runner-up in the 2021 Brian Black Memorial Award…

Exploring the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

February 20, 2022

Stephanie and I had left Cape Verde on the 6 January 2020, on a blustery and wet morning almost exactly six months before arriving at Elizabeth City in North Carolina,…