From a selection of the latest kit in Yachting Monthly’s New Gear pages
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Small ships and tall ships – this weekend
Anyone on the Solent this Saturday 6 October will be able to see a fleet of classic training vessels and tall ships taking part in the Small Ships Race
Gregor McGuckin arrives in Australia
Following the dismasting of his Biscay 36 yacht Hanley Energy Endurance and subsequent rescue by Australian frigate HMAS Ballarat, Gregor McGuckin has arrived in Rockingham, Perth, Australia. At a press…
A tricky mooring
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - how to moor between two piles in tricky conditions
Tried & Tested: Mara Buoy
The Mara Buoy promises to revolutionise mooring, making it safer and easier. We put it to the test
Golden Globe Race: Plans to salvage Thuriya
The Indian Navy is expected to salvage Abhilash Tomy's dismasted yacht, Thuriya. The injured Golden Globe Race skipper was evacuated by the crew of a French patrol boat
Golden Globe Race: Entrant Istvan Kopar goes to aid of solo sailor
Golden Globe Race skipper, Istvan Kopar is assisting solo yachtsman Kjell Litwin who is running out of water, and is 3,000 miles from Australia
Lobos, Canary Islands
For those who love marine life, Kit Pascoe recommends anchoring in the gin clear waters of Fuerteventura’s Isla de Lobos
Dufour 360
A 33ft yacht sporting a large cockpit, twin helms, wet bar and grill, and down below she has nine berths – surely there must be some mistake?
‘What I learned from a dismasting in Antarctica’
Veteran polar sailor and mountaineer Bob Shepton reflects on losing his rig while sailing with a crew of school leavers in the Drake Passage