While Good Friday was a day stolen from the Angels, Easter Saturday and Sunday belonged to Lucifer. Friday saw the yachting community at Neyland Marina enjoying the bright warm sunny…
Cruising life
Libby Purves May 2016 podcast
North or South, that is the question: whether ’tis nobler in the yachtsman to seek the sleet and icebergs of outrageous Northlands? Or to bare arms upon a sea of…
Tom Cunliffe May 2016 podcast
This was my log entry for 25 March 1977: ‘1400 – Horrified to witness the formation of a waterspout about a mile to leeward. Started like a cloud on the…
Jonty Pearce: The wonder of the Hebrides
I write this blog while bobbing at anchor in Loch Scresort, the best anchorage on the Inner Hebridean island of Rum. Kinloch Castle, a spectacular example of Victorian excess, is…
Libby Purves April 2016 podcast
I have been brooding about harbours, what we cruising yachtsmen want and what we ought to tell the industry, our local authorities and tourist authorities abroad. Yachts and ‘leisure boating’…
Tom Cunliffe April 2016 podcast
Easter is upon us again, reminding me of the first time I crossed the Channel as skipper of my own boat. My wife and I set out for Cherbourg from…
Dick Durham May 2016 podcast
From my bedroom window I can see a small stone memorial in the corner of an ancient churchyard overlooking the Thames Estuary; on it are the names of four fisherman…
Monohull or multihull: which is best for blue water?
As former editor of Yachting World, David Glenn has plenty of experience of both monohull and multihull cruising. Here he weighs up the pros and cons
Jonty Pearce: Junk rig?
I apologise for the deliberately misleading title. Rather than a whimsy about the renowned junk rig, I was inspired to ponder about the quantity of junk a yacht can accumulate…
Jonty Pearce: A tender moment
Jeremy knocked on the side of Aurial, giving me a welcome respite from changing the engine anode. After kindly passing me a magic diesel sealing pencil, I admired the black…