From a selection of the latest kit in Yachting Monthly’s New Gear pages
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Jonty Pearce: essential maintenance – antifouling
Jonty Pearce continues maintenance on Aurial to prepare her for the season ahead
Why you should keep a lookout with your ears
There’s a simple way to enhance your watchkeeping abilities, as Colregs Rule 5 obliges every skipper to do. Andy Du Port explains
Editor’s letter – May issue now on sale
The Beast from the East plunged the country into the depths of an Arctic winter. Green shoots of early daffodils naïvely preempting the first day of spring froze under a…
May 2018
SAILING SKILLS The knowledge The Coastguard has undergone a huge modernisation. See inside the technology keeping sailors safe Learning curve ‘We dodged coral to deliver aid.’ A cruise to Papua…
British Volvo Ocean Race sailor John Fisher missing in the Southern Ocean
Despite an extensive search for John Fisher in worsening conditions, Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag have now made the difficult decision to head towards South America
We’re taking on water – what do we do?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - how to deal with a sudden ingress of water
Jonty Pearce: New halyards for old?
Jonty Pearce carries out some serious mast maintenance to prepare Aurial for the season ahead
‘My solo cruise ended in a liferaft’
Phil van der Mespel had always dreamed of a long offshore adventure. When unforeseeable disaster struck, careful preparation for the worst-case scenario saw him rescued within hours
Buyer confirmed for Oyster: recruitment underway for staff
Gaming software entrepreneur, Richard Hadida announces he has bought Oyster Yachts and all of its subsidiaries after the luxury boat builder went under in February