Tom Cunliffe has assessed hundreds of sailors for the RYA Yachtmaster exam. He shares a few skipper's tips with us...
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Disabled yachtsman aims to sail solo around the world
Keith White, a disabled sailor with the use of only one arm, is setting off from Cowes on a solo non-stop circumnavigation attempt next week
Iconic yacht Lively Lady goes for refit today
Sir Alec Rose’s iconic yacht Lively Lady is undergoing a major refit at the International Boatbuilding Training College in Portsmouth. The yacht, in which Rose competed in the OSTAR and…
Sunsail launches ‘adult only’ flotillas
Sunsail has launched two new flotilla sailing holidays for adults only
Sussex club helps university students get afloat
Sussex Yacht Club has come up with a novel collaboration with the local university to help fill empty crewing spaces and to train student sailors
‘GPS cyber vulnerabilities’: US Navy reverts to teaching astronavigation
Lesssons in celestial navigation have been reinstated at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, nearly twenty years after the subject was dropped. The move is motivated by fears that the GPS…
How to plan and sail a passage round a headland
James Stevens stands by as Yachtmaster Coastal Laura McLachlan attempts to plan, sail and skipper her first passage round a headland
Cruising Association campaign sees yacht laws in Greece changed
A Cruising Association campaign to reverse laws in Greece restricting the amount of time a yacht can remain in Greek waters has proved successful
Runswick Bay, Yorkshire
Until the late 19th century Runswick Bay was a fishing village with a sideline in smuggling. Then, as tourism spread from Whitby to Scarborough, its jumbled warren of narrow streets…
November 2015
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