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Skippers’ Tips: Anchor watching, foolproof fendering & sailing with children
Seasoned skippers and Yachting Monthly experts give their advice on a whole range of issues for the cruising sailor
How would you safely retrieve this dinghy?
James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship - this month, would you know what to do if you had to leave an anchorage quickly to retrieve your dinghy?
Cutting edge equipment for 2019
Yachting Monthly picks some of the latest equipment to look out for this year
6 tips to make sailing easier on yourself
Duncan Kent investigates many ways a yacht owner can make life that little bit simpler
‘We learned fast in fickle weather on the Cornish coast’
Ingmar Hupp encounters fog, a fouled anchor and a 44-knot wakeup call, all while attempting to adapt to rapidly changing conditions
Essential tips when using an anchor
Duncan Wells passes on the benefit of years spent at anchor with his definitive guide to the do's and don't's of dropping the hook
More tips on using an anchor
Duncan Wells passes on even more tips on using an anchor to help with boat handling, how to drop ground tackle by hand and how to recover a stuck anchor
Hold her off a dock with a kedge anchor
If you're alongside a leeward harbour wall and the fenders are on the verge of popping, use a kedge anchor to haul her up to windward, says Duncan Wells
Using an anchor in a Bahamian moor
If you're anchored next to an obstruction, you can set your bower anchor and kedge to make sure you don't swing more than two boatlengths, says Duncan Wells