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Get ready for the season: Essential spring checks
Get your yacht shipshape and ready for launch with top tips from marine surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies. How many of these checks do you do?
Skippers’ Tips: Better lightwind sailing & engine monitoring
Yachting Monthly experts and seasoned skippers share their advice on a whole range of issues for the cruising sailor. Do you have a tip to share? Email us at yachtingmonthly@futurenet.com…
Manoeuvre under sail: getting home without an engine
We’re used to relying on our engines, but could you get home without one? James Stevens shows how it’s done
Skippers’ Tips: Protect against salt crystals & navigation errors
Seasoned skippers and Yachting Monthly experts give their advice on a whole range of issues for the cruising sailor
Running out of fuel up a narrow tidal river
James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship - this month, what would you do if you ran out of fuel in a busy, tidal river?
Skippers’ Tips: Flush the outboard & check your halyards
Seasoned skippers and Yachting Monthly experts give their advice on a whole range of issues for the cruising sailor
How to sail ALL winter
25 tips for keeping your boat prepped, your crew warm, and adventures flowing over winter
‘We should have turned back when the storm hit’
Adam Dunlop and his wife Maria learned a few hard lessons when their engine started to struggle mid-Channel in worse conditions than forecast
Pacific cruising without an engine
With no inboard engine and a dead outboard, Josh Ghyselincks discovers the joys of cruising across the Pacific under sail alone