Storm tactics at anchor: Storm Evert was approaching, with wind filling in from SSE - coming around the south of Bryher. Credit: Ken Endean

Storm tactics at anchor: Surviving gales in Scilly

December 15, 2021

Ken Endean shelters from Storm Evert on the Isles of Scilly and reflects on storm tactics at anchor and on moorings

Tean Sound off St Martin is sheltered from west and east but anchoring room is obstructed by moorings

Isles of Scilly in an east wind: a pilotage guide

September 17, 2021

East winds give Ken Endean a chance to explore unfrequented parts of one of Britain’s prettiest archipelagos - the Isles of Scilly

August 2021 front cover of Yachting Monthly

Yachting Monthly August 2021 – on sale 22 July

July 22, 2021

Inside the August 2021 issue of Yachting Monthly we cruise the 10 best rivers in the British Isles, find out more about the new tech cleaning up inboard engines, learn…

Moving to a new anchorage might be needed if Hugh Town on the Isle of Scilly becomes too swelly

Is it worth moving to a new anchorage?

July 31, 2020

James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. In this article, is it worth moving to a new anchorage it if meant sailing through shoal water in approaching bad weather?

Boats anchored at Porth Conger at St Agnes, Isle of Scilly

St Agnes, Isles of Scilly

June 15, 2020

St Agnes is a magical place, the last point of land before the Bishop Rock Lighthouse and the open Atlantic Ocean beyond. It is really two islands, the main island…