Sailing Skills
Expert on board:
How to tackle a night passage short-handed. Tom Cunliffe shows how night sailing can be easy and fun
Skipper’s tips:
Steer into the seas
Heave her clear
Clashing spreaders
Cleat, don’t jam
Learning curve:
‘I wish I’d never activated my EPIRB’, says solo sailor Charles Pickering
Practical seamanship:
Why all boats still need a leadline. Dick Durham shows how to use one
A question of seamanship: Faced with a tangle of erractically moving lights, what would you do?
Any questions:
Why won’t my battery hold its charge?
A good liveaboard?
Get weed off the prop?
Boats & Gear
Me & my boat:
Bavaria 320 Sportline. A remarkably easy boat to sail
Technical:
Pros & cons of hybrid propulsion We investigate the latest systems
New boat test:
Rustler 37. See our test of this brand new beauty
Tried and tested:
Tide app
Bilge pump switch
Karver rope clutch
Boats and equipment:
13 bright ideas to improve your life on board. Graham Snook reports
New gear:
Our haul of interesting gadgets on show at Southampton
Technical:
Prevent electrical fires on board. Nigel Calder explains circuit breakers
Group gear test:
Gas alarms. Is your gas alarm good enough?
Cruising
Home waters:
Down the Weaver to the Mersey. Jonty Pearce takes an unusual trip through north-west England
Adventure:
Sailing in storms. Award winning expedition leader and high-latitude sailor Bob Shepton shares his wisdom
Anchorages:
An ice-strewn bay in the Canadian Arctic
A Hebridean island hideaway
A peaceful English idyll to escape the madding crowd
Cruising life:
The junkie’s life for me. Colin Jarman explains why the seamanlike junk rig isn’t just for mavericks
Cruising log:
Yachting Monthly readers share their experiences, including repairs in Capri and cruising the East Frisians islands
Regulars
View from the helm: Editor’s letter
News:
Exclusive – new seacock safety rules
Southerly Yachts liquidation
Analysis:
How the Coastguard has changed and what it means for sailors
Letters:
Bertha’s last gasp
Smooth flushing
Fined in France
Snubbing
Columns:
Libby Purves – Fantasy boat-shopping
Tom Cunliffe – Pleasure from work
Dick Durham – Treasure in the bilges
A good read:
Looming Lights. Life aboard a wartime light vessel
The Confessional:
Readers own up…