If you’re unsure about the strength and heights of the tides, general navigation or the paperwork needed to venture into France, help is at hand. The Cruising Association (CA) will…
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Libby Purves podcast – January 2015
‘In this boat-free season of family gatherings, here’s a fine new holiday game…’ In Swallows and Amazons, the children endearingly name creeks and inlets, islands and bays: Wild Cat Island,…
Tom Cunliffe podcast January 2015
“My luck ran out. I hit more rocks in the next half-hour than in the rest of my life to date” Sitting in my saloon with the bogey stove glowing…
Dick Durham podcast January 2015
“The operating manual is smothered in oily fingerprints and smells of diesel” What were two men doing zig-zag- ging across a theatre forecourt as light summer rain began to soak…
Life in a liferaft
Ever wondered what life in a liferaft is really like in rough weather? Yachting Monthly's Chris Beeson packed his sick bag and went to the Bay of Biscay to find…
Skipper’s tips: how to calibrate a log
Skipper's tips: how to calibrate a log. Yachtmaster examiner Tom Cunliffe with practical advice for all sailors
Skipper’s tips: moon tides
Skipper’s tips: moon tides. Yachtmaster examiner Tom Cunliffe with practical advice for all sailors
Skipper’s tips: Funny smells
What a pong! Funny smells on board your boat can be dangerous. Two seasons ago I thought my holding tank was leaking. Up forward, where it lives, a distinct pong…
Skipper’s tips: Boat ventilation
Back to front is right for ventilation Ventilation is critical to the life expectancy of a wooden boat, particularly when left on a mooring. No GRP yacht ever sank through…
Skipper’s tips: Sea shape
This photo is a rather exaggerated case of wind-against-tide. The water’s easy to read because you’d expect things to be rough and they were. In lesser situations you can still…