Jonty Pearce celebrates the joys of a quiet sail on calm seas
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10 tips to make your sails last longer
Professional skipper Simon Phillips shares his tips on how to get better value from your sails
Ropeye U Block
From a selection of the latest kit in Yachting Monthly’s New Gear pages
Swapping half ropes for halyards
Facing shipwreck on a lee shore didn’t put him off sailing, but then having only one limb of four working didn’t put this MS sufferer off climbing. Dick Durham meets…
Can we sail ourselves out of trouble?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - with their prop out of action, can the crew sail back to Cowes in a 10-knot westerly and pick up…
Henri Lloyd Shadow Boot
From a selection of the latest kit in Yachting Monthly’s New Gear pages
We’re taking on water – what do we do?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - how to deal with a sudden ingress of water
‘We were caught by katabatic winds in Oman’
Barry Grey and crew feel the full force of a downslope wind and end up running aground and being rescued by the Coastguard
How do we sail into this berth?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - how to come alongside without an engine in a sheltered marina
We’ve run aground, now what do we do?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - what to do if you run aground