A tiny screw nestling in a part of my engine has defeated all my passage plans. By now I should be bowling northwards with the wheel’s kick and the wind’s…
Yachting Monthly
Summer 2016
What’s inside your Summer 2016 issue? Expert On Board: New advice that could save your life There’s a problem with jackstays, but simple changes could keep you safe Skipper’s…
USED BOAT: Westerly Centaur
Westerly Centaur review See the January 2013 issue of Yachting Monthly for the full test What’s she like to sail? She’s not the most close-winded of boats and weather helm…
Jonty Pearce: Boaty McBoatface
I doubt that the Natural Environment Research Council realised what a furore they would raise when they decided to hold a national vote to find a name their new £200m…
How to anchor under sail
Can you set and weigh anchor under sail, without turning the ignition key? Tom Cunliffe demonstrates a handy cruising skill
Jonty Pearce: It’s regatta time!
Flaming June has arrived on our doorsteps – and what wonderful weather it’s been! Before the weekend my surgery fans were running flat out and all we could do was…
Northumberland offshore wind farm at Blyth approved
A new offshore wind farm at Blyth, off the coast of Northumberland, has been approved and will be complete by the end of 2017
Jonty Pearce: Tinkering about
A few years ago I updated my ageing Avon Redstart in favour of a Tinker Tramp inflatable dinghy. Whilst I loved the Avon, and still do (it now lives in…
Tom Cunliffe July 2016 podcast
I have a charcoal filter on the foot-powered drinking-water pump in my galley. It normally catches everything and I never suffer a bad cup of tea. At Easter, I was…
Libby Purves July 2016 Podcast
Good to have the pilotage notes on going round Land’s End (p40). No headland is without its nervous moments, especially with cliffs involved, and off-lying rocks suggesting that the land…