The Cruising Association has launched a campaign to make lobster pots safer for small vessels and is asking sailors to sign the petition
Sailing news
New scheme launched for the disposal of out-of-date flares
As it becomes more and more difficult to get rid of out-of-date flares, Ramora UK is looking for backing for a new disposal scheme
Yachtsman and adventurer Edward Allcard dies aged 102
Edward Allcard, the first person to sail solo across the Atlantic in both directions, has died in Andorra at the age of 102
What’s it like to sail Groupama 3, a 103ft trimaran, at 42 knots?
On 23 July ten years ago, Groupama 3 broke the West-East Transatlantic record. YM’s Chris Beeson and Graham Snook were in Lorient shortly after and were invited aboard to find…
PHOTOS: QM2 rescues Tamarind skipper Mervyn Wheatley
YM reader Pip Dando was onboard the liner when the former Royal Marine was recovered from his damaged Formosa 42
VIDEO: Coastguard medevacs crew from yacht 200 miles off Scilly
UK Coastguard and Irish SAR services join forces to rescue sailor at the edge of the helicopter's operating range
Southampton Sailing Week gets underway
The first ever Southampton Sailing Week started today, with a parade of sail and events ashore ahead of a week of racing
Alex Thompson to open Gosport Marine Festival
Vendee Globe sailor Alex Thompson is set to open the Gosport Marine Festival this weekend, 27 May, where members of the public will be able to try sailing and other…
Search for missing crew as yacht is found aground on Yorkshire coast
HM Coastguard is searching for two Yorskshire sailors from a grounded yacht
Fully autonomous container ship ‘by 2020’
A Norwegian company plans to build the world's first fully autonomous container ship within three years