Spring is in the air, and with the boat back in its home berth, Jonty Pearce is feelikng ready for the season
Yachting Monthly
Things to practise in harbour – setting storm sails
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, setting storm sails
VIDEO: Sailing and free diving with orcas
Wonderful footage of orcas and other whales hunting in shallow waters in northern Norway from Barba, a Jeanneau Sun Fast 37
USED BOAT: Colvic Countess 33
The Colvic Countess 33 offers a lot of living space in a full-bodied hull. But how does she sail? Duncan Kent reports on a bilge-keeled ketch version
Things to practise in harbour – understanding MOB and lifesaving kit
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, understanding your lifesaving kit
A cruising guide to the Rías Baixas
Just beyond Biscay lies a glorious coast rarely explored by British cruisers. After cruising there, Chris Beeson urges the valiant to be a pilgrim and to visit the Rías Baixas…
Jonty Pearce – A crafty comparison
Looking across the average British harbour, the variety of shape, size and purpose of craft gets Jonty Pearce thinking
INTERVIEW: Mutiny crew Conrad Humphreys, and leader Anthony Middleton
British round the world yachtsman explains how he prepared, and fared, on this ‘lunatic endeavour’, a 4,000-mile trip across the South Pacific in an open boat
Things to practise in harbour – cleaning the strumbox
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week: locating and cleaning the strumbox
Lundy, Bristol Channel
Lundy is a bird-watcher’s paradise with its own particular character, but mind the swell, says Jonty Pearce