Soft shackles can be used almost anywhere you currently use a conventional shackle. Look on any boat and you will usually find areas where a metal shackle has worn away…
Videos
New yachting and classic boat channel on You Tube
A new yachting website and YouTube channel has been launched by award-winning photographer Bob Aylott
Action cameras – Yachting Monthly video review
They're perfect for capturing videos and still photos on the water – but which action camera is best for you...?
Premier 45 – Yachting Monthly video review
From mosque domes and locomotive fairings to cruising yachts – Chris Beeson explores the latest offering from one of the world’s biggest composite builders
Starlight 35 – Yachting Monthly video review
Dick Durham joins Yachting Monthly reader Nigel Blundell aboard his Starlight 35, built in 1995, for a spot of cruising in southern Brittany
Me & My Boat: Cornish Crabber 26
Yachting Monthly's video of sailing aboard a Cornish Crabber 26
Secret Isles of Scilly
Pilot book author Peter Kynes shows Dick Durham where the locals go when the Isles of Scilly get busy...
Video: Round the Island Race in three minutes
Yachting Monthly was invited to join HKJ Firestarter for the 2013 Round the Island Race
Video: Odeo laser flare test
How does the Odeo laser flare compare to a pyrotechnic flare?
Sunbeam 36.1 Video Review
Yachting Monthly's test of the new Sunbeam 36.1 - video and 360º interactive images