From batteries to logs, Rupert Holmes reminds us of the quick checks with long-lasting implications
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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?
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
Storm Ophelia continues to bring disruption across the UK
Storm Ophelia has brought gusts of up to 70 mph to parts of the UK and the Republic of Ireland, where the crew of a yacht had to be rescued…
Do you have the right communication equipment on board?
The UK Coastguard is advising sailors to have at least two independent means of contacting them following a lengthy operation involving a French boat which sent out multiple VHF DSC…
Free flares disposal at Southsea in April
Southsea Marina will offer free flare disposals and lifejacket checks at its Fishing Show on 30 April 2016
Rescued yacht sailor arrested on international warrant
A man who was rescued from his yacht when it ran aground on the west coast of Scotland has been held by police on an international arrest warrant
Newquay civilian search and rescue helicopter service launched
The Newquay civilian UK search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service will operate from the new Coastguard SAR base at Cornwall Airport Newquay from January 2016
Coastguard appeal for information about skipper of upturned Hobie Cat catamaran
The UK Coastguard are appealing for information about the skipper of a capsized Hobie Cat dinghy found 25 miles north east of North Foreland
Man jailed for hoax calls to Coastguard
A man in Scotland has been jailed for four months for making hoax calls to the UK Coastguard