Sailing skills Summer cruise skills Dutch boatbuilder Eeuwe Kooi has been box berthing all his life. He demonstrates the essential skills Three ways to seize your shackles A shackle coming…
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‘What I learned falling overboard’ – Jonty Pearce
When Jonty Pearce practiced going overboard from his yacht, he and his wife realised how hard it is to get back on board. But how many of us actually practice…
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…
Jonty Pearce – Electronic spaghetti
Jonty Pearce burrows into the depths of his boat to wire up some new instruments
Jonty Pearce – Fair Isle and Orkney
Strong winds and strong tides are the order of the day as Jonty Pearce sails from Fair Isle to Orkney
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
USED BOAT: Westerly Konsort
She’s been unfairly described as a ‘floating caravan’, yet she's nimble, lively and roomy – which is what most of us want in a boat, says Dick Durham
What’s the safest way to get from tender to yacht?
The simple transfer of kit and crew has resulted in people in the water, and lives being lost. Chris Beeson looks at the safest way to board from a tender
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
Solo sailing skills with a master of the art
Giancarlo Pedote has an enviable crown of laurels in a variety of solo racing classes, so he knows a thing of two about carrying out manoeuvres alone in the cockpit.…