Hundreds of laid-up yachts were holed, crushed or simply dashed to kindling in the Great Tide which flooded both sides of the North Sea 70 years ago this year, drowning…
Sailing Blogs
Why the old skills belong in a museum – Libby Purves
The Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood gave me a shock when I went there to interview curators and admire the ancient toys and equipment of bygone infancy. There, in a…
When is a race more than a race? When it’s the Fastnet
The Rolex Fastnet Race is of course a race – it’s in the title. But lightly scratch the surface and it quickly reveals itself to be much more than a…
‘We had that wild-eyed, salty-haired look that comes with an eventful passage’
Sailors have famously short memories. Arriving in New Caledonia after blast-reaching in near gale conditions up from New Zealand, we had that slightly wild-eyed, salty-haired look that comes with an…
‘The sea could hardly be seen for ships’
The ebb tide poured out of the River Tyne as a small potting boat struggled against it, crawling in past a broken plateau of rock and up towards a few…
Jonty Pearce: The first sign of Spring
It may still be winter, but the busy sailors in the boatyard are a sure sign that spring is on its way, says Jonty Pearce
Jonty Pearce – The Golden Globe
Jonty Pearce wonders if they still make heroes in the same mould as those of the Golden Globe Race
Jonty Pearce – VHF radio during a man overboard
When Jonty Pearce discussed calling for help if you have a man overboard, he realised a VHF radio in the cockpit would be preferable, but it wasn't simple
Dick Durham podcast – July 2015
“Bittles was no sailor, but he knew a good idea when he saw one” Exactly 90 years ago this month, Yachting Monthly conceived an offspring, Yacht Sales & Charters. The…
Bo-Jo fatwa downgraded
As airport plan collapses