As another day’s sailing begins with radio checks on Ch16, Andy Du Port says enough is enough
Yachting Monthly
Things to practise in harbour – learn to tie a rolling hitch
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, learning how to tie a rolling hitch
Fully autonomous container ship ‘by 2020’
A Norwegian company plans to build the world's first fully autonomous container ship within three years
Jonty Pearce: Finnie the Pooh
Jonty Pearce delights in others' difficulties with holding tanks, until his boat meets the same obstacle
Things to practise in harbour – unblocking the heads
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, finding out how to unblock the heads
Jonty Pearce: A troublesome first charter day
A charter holiday is never without some issues, so a sailor must be a good mechanic and engineer as well as a competent seaman, says Jonty Pearce
Things to practise in harbour – raising the alarm
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, learning how to raise the alarm
June 2017
Sailing Skills What’s the safest way to get from tender to yacht? It’s the unseen MOB risk we run everytime we transfer from one to the other Short-handed spinnaker tips…
Dick Durham Podcast June 2017
Do you feel unwelcome in your own yacht club? Maybe the rogue blazers and their beloved regulations have taken over, says Dick Durham
Things to practise in harbour – get to know your instruments
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, get more familiar with your instruments’ capabilities