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  • Content funding on Yachting Monthly December 5, 2024
    How we fund the content that you read on Yachting MonthlyAt Future Publishing we rely on advertising to keep bringing you the content you love to read. The majority of …Continue reading » The post Content funding on Yachting Monthly appeared first on Yachting Monthly.
    Toby Heppell
  • Crossing the Atlantic as a couple: Why six-hour watches are my pattern of choice December 5, 2024
    Kate Hayward is sailing around the world with her partner. She explains to Yachting Monthly why she opts for six-hour watches on long passages When Rich and I set off from Dartmouth in 2017 to do some long- distance sailing on our Cabo Rico …Continue reading » The post Crossing the Atlantic as a couple: […]
    Yachting Monthly
  • ‘Sailing your own boat is the last available way to feel that old-fashioned traveller buzz’ – Libby Purves December 4, 2024
    Libby Purves reflects on modern ferry travel, which has moved a long way from the jolly start to a trip that visiting a busy harbour once was If bad weather threatens or a deadline looms, get the ferry home rather than risk an unwise crossing During a chilly autumn week we had to do a […]
    Libby Purves
  • Man overboard mid Atlantic; separately, one yacht abandoned December 3, 2024
    Swedish sailor Dag Eresund was lost overboard from Volvo 70 racing yacht Ocean Breeze on Monday while sailing with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC). Crew abandoned a second yacht, a catamaran, which was taking on water.X-46 Elixer NLD, Swan 54 Endorfina ITA and Bavaria 46C Naimana BUL at the ARC 2024 start The search […]
    Heather Prentice
  • Crew member overboard while sailing across the Atlantic December 2, 2024
    Several yachts are searching for a crew member lost overboard from racing yacht Ocean Breeze during an Atlantic crossing.X-46 Elixer NLD, Swan 54 Endorfina ITA and Bavaria 46C Naimana BUL at the ARC 2024 start At 0227 UTC on Monday 2 December, a crew member went overboard from the yacht Ocean Breeze in the mid-Atlantic […]
    Heather Prentice
  • ‘The salty water was dangerously reaching the cockpit edge and we had to prevent the boat from taking too much water’ November 27, 2024
    After a mere 12 years restoration, Gerben Bergsma gets a little more than he bargained for in a race from Harlingen to the isle of Terschelling I first saw the boat after reading a small advertisement in a local newspaper. It was lying under a red …Continue reading » The post ‘The salty water was […]
    Yachting Monthly
  • Sunseeker handed £240k fine for using illegal ‘blood’ teak from Myanmar on vessels November 26, 2024
    In a landmark UK court case, luxury yacht firm Sunseeker has been handed a stiff £240k penalty for using illegal ‘blood’ teak imported from conflict-torn Myanmar on some vessels that it has built.A worker rests on the remains of burnt teak tree in Bago region on April 5, 2014. Myanmar accounts for nearly one third […]
    Heather Prentice
  • Upcycling a boat: ‘I’m not saying it’s for everyone, but I do feel that recycling a boat makes a great deal of sense’ November 22, 2024
    When choosing his next yacht, Paul Dale breathed life into a sad and neglected 1980s cruiser-racer. He describes the process of upcycling his boat. When it came to choosing his next yacht Paul Dale decided to breathe life back into a sad and neglected 1980s cruiser-racer When it came to searching for a smaller yacht […]
    Yachting Monthly
  • How to check the structural integrity of a GRP yacht hull November 20, 2024
    Professional yacht surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies explains the best ways to check the structural integrity of your GRP yacht hull and deck A GRP yacht hull may be strong and durable, but it’s also, unfortunately, relatively heavy. To overcome this problem, naval …Continue reading » The post How to check the structural integrity of a GRP […]
    Yachting Monthly
  • 2024 DAME Award winners: Success For Best New Sailing Products November 19, 2024
    The 2024 DAME Award winners have been announced with a new lifejacket clinching the top prize on Amsterdam where the ceremony is held annually Sailing equipment has featured strongly in the list of 2024 DAME Award winners, presented in the morning of Tuesday 19 …Continue reading » The post 2024 DAME Award winners: Success For […]
    Dennis O'Neill