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Yachts anchored on the Isles of Scilly

‘As the engine spluttered and conked out, panic resumed’

  • June 3, 2020

A series of unfortunate mistakes threatened Mark and Nadiyana Farnworth's dream maiden voyage before it began

A dismasted Beneteau First 36.5. The rig was hard to remove

‘We let go and the entire rig sank like a stone’

  • May 4, 2020

A collapsed mast threw an unexpected obstacle in the path of Tim Ainsworth Anstey’s passage from Gotland to mainland Sweden while sailing with friends

A yacht in a cradle in Greece

‘I got taken for a ride by my counterfeit crew’

  • April 27, 2020

When Alan England found himself stranded in Greece without crew to assist his return passage, he made a rash decision he was soon to regret

Yacht fire: ‘A putrid smell of burnt oil, fuel and resin filled the air’

  • April 23, 2020

When a neighbouring yacht caught fire Michael Roberts’ beloved Tern didn’t stand a chance. Here he recounts the devastating scene awaiting him...

A dismasted Amel

Refurbishing a yacht: ‘We had a huge project on our hands’

  • April 15, 2020

Elizabeth Earle shares what she learned buying a dismasted vintage Amel in the wake of Hurricane Irma

A Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40 anchored

‘I needed a hospital. With my last gasp I muttered Mayday’

  • April 1, 2020

A Greek island cruise becomes a matter of life and death when Michael Solano suffers a stroke nine miles from shore

A yacht sailing in heavy weather

‘I flew across the boat and landed headfirst’

  • November 17, 2019

Jenny Rorrison describes the series of events leading up to her brain operation following a knockdown at sea

A dismasted yacht in St Lucia

“We watched as the mast and sails fell into the water”

  • April 8, 2019

Alejandro Perez describes the moment when ARC yacht Garuda was dismasted 600 miles from land

Young people on a yacht which has been dismasted off Antarctica

‘What I learned from a dismasting in Antarctica’

  • September 20, 2018

Veteran polar sailor and mountaineer Bob Shepton reflects on losing his rig while sailing with a crew of school leavers in the Drake Passage

A boat in a storm sea

‘We should have turned back when the storm hit’

  • July 29, 2018

Adam Dunlop and his wife Maria learned a few 
hard lessons when their engine started to struggle 
mid-Channel in worse conditions than forecast

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