Skipper’s Cockpit Navigation Guide is useful for crew members of different abilities and a useful aide-memoire for everyone on board, particularly if some systems are unfamiliar, says Julia Jones
navigation
Do I choose port or starboard tack?
There is a strong tidal stream. Would you set off on a port or starboard tack? James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship
Course to steer: how to calculate it in your head
Knowing mental arithmetic shortcuts can make calculating your course to steer quick and simple, says Peter Strike
Free digital nautical charts: are they any good?
Sam Fortescue looks at ways to slash the cost of digital nautical charts with his guide to the best sources of free chart data
Yachting Monthly February 2022 – on sale 6 January 2022
Inside the February 2022 issue of Yachting Monthly Pete Goss on the seamanship of going aground and how to get afloat again, the best new tech for 2022, 10 islands…
Pilotage skills: expert tips to explore with confidence
In the first of our Cruising Clinic series, Rachael Sprot steps aboard to help Tracey Hindmarsh and her crew improve their pilotage skills to explore with confidence
The best sailing books & cruising guides of 2021
The best sailing books of 2021? Julia Jones reviews the latest maritime reading
The latest navigational technology: new gear for your boat
The Yachting Monthly team look at the latest navigational technology and how useful it is for the cruising sailor
New Gear: Orca co-pilot navigational system
The new Orca-co-pilot promises to go further than MFDs and chartplotters by displaying charts automatically, finding routes and notifying the user of weather changes and challenging situations
How do you offset making too much leeway?
You are making leeway in your Sweden 390. What can you do to correct your course? James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship