Yachting Monthly UK - February 2025

In this issue

BENETEAU OCEANIS 37.1 - ‘A well-balanced boat for easy cruising’.

HUNTER RANGER 245 - ‘Small but spacious and fun to sail’.

Yacht builders fined for using 'blood' teak

Two landmark court cases in the UK and the Netherlands have seen stiff penalties handed out to luxury yacht builders for using illegal 'blood' teak imported from conflict-torn Myanmar on vessels, notably on Jeff Bezos's superyacht Koru, the largest sailing yacht in the world.

2 mins

Man overboard while crossing the Atlantic

Swedish sailor Dag Eresund was tragically lost overboard from Volvo 70 racing yacht Ocean Breeze while sailing across the Atlantic with the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) which sees hundreds of yachts safely cross the ocean each year.

2 mins

MCA launches PLB rescue consultation

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has launched a public consultation into new safety measures set to make the search and rescue response faster and easier for people carrying Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) on the water.

1 min

Are we really a maritime nation?

Many years ago, I was on a family motoring holiday driving towards Brittany when, in a small town, we passed under a banner proclaiming a regatta. I was baffled: we were still 40 kilometres from the coast. Such hinterland support for sailing was new to me: back home a candy-floss stick's length from the coast, folks knew nothing and cared less about the maritime world.

2 mins

With boats, does beauty matter?

A seagoing boat is not a toy. It is the most serious of vehicles, built to let humans brave an unpredictable, lethally dangerous element with efficient control and reasonable dispatch. Boat design and boatbuilding are therefore solemn endeavours, demanding utter trust from vulnerable human customers who will face peril miles away from help. Materials, rig and balance in design can make the difference between life and death.

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FIRST TEST - BENETEAU OCEANIS 37.1

Can a smaller boat pack in more space and more performance than her predecessor? Theo Stocker went to sail Beneteau's latest cruiser

10 mins

What to do with difficult crew mid Atlantic?

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP - Jim is regretting taking on Ed as crew on a transatlantic voyage. Bellatrix is a sturdy 13m production GRP yacht in good condition with all the recommended safety gear for ocean sailing.

2 mins

Shared ownership

A private syndicate, a boat club, or charter lease? Ben Lowings compares the options for reduced-cost boat ownership

8 mins

'FOG, GALES, HURRICANES AND CALMS IN ONE VOYAGE'

Fog, currents and calms would challenge us as we tackled the Grand Banks, Gulf Stream and Azores High. We were at the French island of St Pierre off the Newfoundland coast, next stop Flores in the Azores

8 mins

PROVIDENT'S CENTENARY VOYAGE

Steve Jones and Morag Slesser sail Provident, a historic Brixham Sailing Trawler, on a centenary voyage from Scotland's west coast to her roots on the South Coast

3 mins

ADVENTURE SAILING THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

The Reverend Bob Shepton braved freezing gales and ice floes to sail 6,059 miles through the Northwest Passage with his crew of four South African climbers

9 mins

ROUNDING CAPE HORN

Breaking bread with Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Skip Novak and Jean-Luc Van Den Heede? Then you’d better be a good listener. Dick Durham is all ears at the annual Cape Horners’ dinner

3 mins

CRUISING - BLOW AWAY THOSE WINTER BLUES

Every month through the winter, scores of sailors sign up for the Little Ship Club's fast cruises. Dick Durham joins one and reports back

6 mins

Gamming in Maine on board Lewis R French

Frances and Michael Howorth set sail on board a schooner launched in 1871

3 mins

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Yachting Monthly UK Magazine Description:

Published by Time Inc (UK). Yachting monthly is at the heart of the British yachting market and is for people who actively sail their boats - whether cruising across the channel, around the coast or further a field in blue waters. It provides an entertaining mix of vital information for cruising yachtsmen with all levels of experience, which maximises their enjoyment, increases their skills and gives them the confidence to broaden their horizons.