Grinding through January and February underlines how much I hate the winter. Indeed, we have just booked a cheap and cheery week in the Canaries to soak up a bit…
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The veteran sailor with a Substack: Colm Walker is meditating his way to the 2026 Golden Globe Race
There’s one tool Colm Walker swears by as he gears up for the 2026 Golden Globe Race: meditation. ‘I’m being very intentional about my land based life and footprint. That…
An ‘inherently selfish endeavour’ says solo sailor Henry Wootton of his Golden Globe Race: Here’s why he’s doing it anyways
Henry Wootton isn’t put off by the Golden Globe Race‘s reputation as ‘the Voyage of Madmen’ and ‘The Loneliest Race in the World’. Far from it. As he prepares to…
Sailing the Shipping Forecast in the Dover sea area: ‘Dover marina is a good place to pause’
Sailing the Shipping Forecast: Dover Dover sea area is a relatively small but significant wedge of water between Deal and Beachy Head on the English coast and across to the…
How we relocated our floating family home down the North Sea
When you’re asked to take any boat from A to B, it’s always easier if you can do it with your own trusted people on board. This wasn’t an option…
Rogue waves! What can they teach us about managing risk at sea
If there is a single point on the planet that figures in the imagination of every sailor, it’s Cape Horn. It lies at the southern end of the South American…
‘Being offline and Trump free has been a blessing,’ says solo sailor Matt Woodside of going off-grid for the 2026 Golden Globe Race
Matt Woodside can’t come to the phone right now. The American sailor is busy munching miles on his Cape George 36 Tipi Haere in preparation for the Golden Globe Race,…
How to work out the strength of a piece of rope
Rope strength is measured in a variety of ways but it is important that the end user understands what that strength is in order to decide whether the rope is…
Sailing a 5,000 mile loop on the Atlantic: ‘Six months in a leaky boat’
Finally we had arrived in the Azores from Newfoundland, a passage described in YM February 2025. En route we had discovered water leaking into the forepeak and the heads compartment…
MacGregor 26C: How saving a sinking MacGregor led to a South Devon love affair
The upper reaches of Mill Tail in Totnes isn’t the most glamorous spot in South Devon. Sandwiched between tall converted warehouses and a cluster of trees on the adjacent Vire…