How much of a concern is a lightning strike to a yacht and what can we do about it? Nigel Calder looks at what makes a full ‘belt and braces’…
Yachting Monthly
Marine mortgages: Is your paperwork up to date?
Sales of boats are being delayed in the UK because cleared mortgages continue to show up as outstanding on the UK Ship Register
Yachting Monthly August 2022 – On Sale 21 July 2022
Inside the August 2022 issue of Yachting Monthly: Get ready to sail! The best routes and destinations for 8 summer cruises to the UK and Northern Europe, 25 boats that…
Anchoring skills: expert advice to improve your knowledge
Anchoring is one of the greatest joys of sailing, yet for many people the sound of the chain rattling over the bow-roller is the start of an anxious night. Will…
Boat towels: 8 of the best for use onboard
Boat towels need to be lightweight and absorbent to be of any real use. Seasoned cruiser Duncan Kent picks the most suitable towels for life onboard
Foiling yacht makes clean hydrogen for the first time
DRIFT Energy has announced it has successfully produced clean hydrogen using its first purpose-built hydrofoil sailboat in sea trials
New initiative to look at the rise in abandoned boats
The number of abandoned boats around the coasts of the UK and Europe is growing. Now a new initiative is to look at the scale of the problem and improve…
Broken mast in the North Atlantic: one solo sailor’s story
They say bad things happen in threes. Sailing solo in the North Atlantic, Rob Henshall loses windvane self steering, then electronic autopilot and wonders what’s next
Sailing shorts for men and women: 6 of the best
Summer has well and truly arrived and the thermals are packed away. Time to don your shorts to feel cool and free onboard. Seasoned sailor Duncan Kent picks 6 of…
Canal cruising in France: how to prepare the boat & crew
When Nic Compton decided to take his family and their boat to the Mediterranean ‘as the crow flies’, he embarked on a steep learning curve to get boat and crew…