Stephanie and I had left Cape Verde on the 6 January 2020, on a blustery and wet morning almost exactly six months before arriving at Elizabeth City in North Carolina,…

The Dinghy Cruising Companion (2nd edition) book jacket

The Dinghy Cruising Companion is a beautifully written account for both yachtsmen and dinghy sailors, evoking the romance and solitude of sailing, says Julia Jones

Huw Gibby owns up to his sailing sin

Own up to your sailing sin and submit your sailing confession to yachtingmonthly@futurenet.com for the chance to win a Standard Horizon handheld VHF radio. Open to UK residents only…

A blue ensign being worn by a yacht

Do you know the rules for wearing a blue ensign? Do you know who is entitled to wear a privileged ensign? What happens when a yacht with a privileged ensign…

Going aground, I suspect,is far more common than we think. It’s one of those things that falls into the category where the measure isn’t the cock-up itself but the number…