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Yachting Monthly
Skipper’s tips: Steer into the seas
Yachtmaster tips: steer into the seas. Tom has assessed hundreds of sailors for the RYA Yachtmaster exam – the gold standard of sailing qualifications. This is an example of the…
Anchorages: Whiteground Lake, Poole Harbour
After bobbling to the powerboats wake in Studland Bay, the tranquillity of Whiteground Lake, Poole Harbour, is a welcome relief, as Graham Snook explains
Anchorages: Tasmania Islands, Canada
Bob Shepton finds a handy haven in the icy wilderness of the North West Passage, Canada, with a choice of inlets and bays for shelter from any wind direction
Tried and Tested: Bilge Pro Switch
Duncan Kent tests the Bilge Pro Switch and thinks he has found a simple solution to bilge pumping
Are electronic gadgets compatible with the vast, soggy ocean?
Electronic gadgets are proliferating every aspect of our lives, Libby Purves questions whether they are truly compatible with the vast, soggy ocean, December 2014
Sailing by…or not – The Shipping Forecast
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Shipping Forecast. Sailor Carolyn Brown reads it out. Here she reveals why the radio studio can be an area of high pressure
Amel Santorin 46 – Yachting Monthly review
Ian Park and Linda Melton were about to sail away to far-flung islands, but took Theo Stocker for a cruise along the Lleyn Peninsula first
The Essex coast is the subject of the first in a new series of ‘Rough Guides’
Dick Durham podcast - December 2014
The doldrums can drive sailors mad, but there are worse things than being becalmed
Tom Cunliffe podcast - December 2014