What's in this month's issue
Special features
John Burnett has some close encounters and heart-stopping moments with giants of the deep
Small boat adventures offshore as Tony Short recalls racing in the Junior Offshore Group
Peter Nielsen shoehorns his family into a 27-footer for two weeks, flotilla sailing in the Greek Islands
Hugh Marriott in Bali meets young circumnavigators sailing their dreams
A sea story blown up out of all proportion by Don Alexander
Janet Harber falls under the spell of this favourite East Coast haunt. Plus your free pull-out chart
Two new anchors on the market are put to the test
How to troubleshoot common rig and sail problems and boost your boat’s performance
The Hanse 331 sails like a witch, says Peter Nielsen
Miles Kendall unwraps sailing gifts for all the family
The Rev Bob Shepton sails to Greenland and climbs mountains in the footsteps of explorer Bill Tilman
Yachting Monthly is hosting seminars for blue water sailors and first-time foreign cruisers at the London Boat Show
YM’s Editor, Sarah Norbury, crosses a stormy Channel on a Christmas champagne and wine run to Cherbourg
Question of seamanship
Learning curve
Des Sleightholme’s Sea Sense
Tom Cunliffe’s Yachtmaster Class
Quick tips
Pilotage quiz answer
Regulars
- Editorial
- On watch
- Charter news
- New boats
- Readers’ letters
- Any questions?
- Next month/YM Books
- Libby Purves This Cruising Life Subscriptions
- Blue water letter From Hugh Marriott in Malaysia
- Around the coast News from our correspondents
- Waterside property
- Second-hand focus The Jouët 1040
- The Confessional Readers’ sailing sins