A healthy fear of the sea comes with experience, but new crew remind us why we fell in love with sailing, says Libby Purves

See what’s inside our November 2016 issue here… Sailing Skills Expert On Board: Save time, sail more! How to streamline your cruise planning. Chris Beeson explains how to make getting…

Najad 450CC

Najad has launched its first new model since 2010. Graham Snook travelled to Sweden to see what she’s like

The wreck of the Cheeki Rafiki

The Crown Prosection Service has authorised charges to be brought against Stormforce Coaching and its owner, following the sinking of yacht Cheeki Rafiki with the loss of four lives in

Jonty Pearce pins his hopes on a sailing club and cruising with friends to ease him through the cold-turkey of retirement

The British Kiel Yacht Club

The British Kiel Yacht Club on Germany's Baltic coast, owned by the UK Ministry of Defence, has closed for the final time and the yachts brought back to Portsmouth

With the end of the season approaching, Jonty Pearce considers whether to keep his boat ready for action, or to pack it all away and enjoy the nearest warm pub

We need to keep our hull clean, be don't want to be poisoning the water around our boats with antifouling, says Jonty Pearce