Yachting Monthly experts have sailed tens of thousands of miles around the world, thousands of them at night. Here, they share their ten top tips for night sailing
Sailing skills
How to tackle a night passage short-handed
Worried about ‘things that go bump in the night’? Tom Cunliffe says night sailing is easier than you think – and an amazing experience
‘We were up the creek without an anchor’
At anchor on a falling tide, at night, and faced with grounding, Kitiara Pascoe finds her CQR irretrievably fouled
Sailing jargon: Drudging and huffing
Flummoxed by salty sailing jargon? Email yachting_monthly@ipcmedia.com and we’ll explain it in print
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…
How to scull a dinghy
Dick Durham demonstrates how to drive and control your tender using just one oar
Expert on board
Three classic blunders and how to avoid them
How to tie nine sailing knots
Chris Beeson shows how to tie the nine sailing knots we tested to destruction in the April 2012 issue of Yachting Monthly
Sailing without a rudder
Yachting Monthly took a rudderless GK29 and tried 3 different ways of steering her. See which ones worked the best.
Singlehanded Bow Thruster
Tom Cunliffe uses a wireless remote for a bow thruster to bring a yacht alongside singlehanded. For the full article on Bow Thrusters, see the March 2009 issue of Yachting