The Island Sailing Club put on a spectacular 90th anniversary party for Round the Island Race 2021. Having been forced to cancel the 2020 edition of the Round the Island…
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Seacock misconceptions busted
After discovering a range of popular misconceptions online, Ben Sutcliffe-Davies explains the importance of fully understanding your seacocks and whether they are fit for purpose
Boat rigging: a guide to going composite
‘Like the shift from wooden spars to alloy spars after the Second World War, we are moving to carbon spars and composite boat rigging for cruising boats,’ says well-known surveyor…
Sarah Treseder to leave the RYA
Sarah Treseder, who has led the RYA for more than a decade, is to become the new chief executive at the UK Chamber of Shipping
Pen Duick VI to race in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race
Pen Duick VI will compete in the 2023 Ocean Globe Race, which is being held to mark the 50th anniversary of the first Whitbread Race
The Canal Guide: Britain’s 55 best canals: Book review
Although somewhat short on 'how to' signposting The Canal Guide: Britain's 55 best canals enchanted Yachting Monthly's literary reviewer, Julia Jones
Boat cover, awning or bimini: Keeping cool in the sun
Most people realise that yachts cruising in the tropics need decent shading, but it hasn’t normally been necessary for sailors in northern latitudes. That is changing though and we are…
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz: 1936-2021
Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, who in 1978 become the first woman to sail solo around the world via the Panama Canal, has died, aged 84
Waterproof insulated jacket tested: Gill North Hill
The Gill North Hill waterproof insulated jacket promises to be warm and windproof. Yachting Monthly editor Theo Stocker puts it to the test
A Sir Robin Knox-Johnston sailing confession: Knot tested
Own up to your sailing sin for the chance to win a handheld VHF radio. Open to UK residents only