Crossing Biscay is an offshore rite of passage like no other. Atlantic circuiteer John Simpson talks to Chris Beeson about the best way to take it on
Chris Beeson
New Cowes Week ferry service
Off to Cowes Week this year? Scoot Ferries launches new service between Trinity Landing in Cowes and Hamble Town Quay for the duration of Cowes Week 2015
Calling little Scourges of the Spanish Main
Fancy a free holiday for your apprentice buccaneers, junior free-booters and pint-sized privateers?
Folding boats test – Nautiraid Coracle
Better than an inflatable? Duncan Kent took the Nautiraid Coracle folding boat to the beach to test it as a yacht tender
Folding boats test – F-RIB
Better than an inflatable? Duncan Kent took the F-RIB folding tender to the beach to test it as a yacht tender
Folding boats test – Porta-Bote
Better than an inflatable? Duncan Kent took the Porta-Bote folding tender to the beach to test it as yacht tender
Folding boats test – Fliptail
Better than an inflatable? Duncan Kent took the Fliptail folding tender to the beach to test it as yacht tender
Folding boats test – Seahopper
Better than an inflatable? Duncan Kent took the Seahopper folding tender to the beach to test it as a yacht tender
Classic Yachts Week at Cowes
Panerai British Classic Yachts Week and Charles Stanley Cowes Classic Week have overlapped this year, making for a truly fabulous week, says William Mills
How to get out of a tight berth by ‘spronging’
Cruising Instructor and YM reader Colm Cleary shows us how to get out of a tight berth by 'spronging off'