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BUYER'S GUIDE - MARINE BINOCULARS
Yachting Monthly UK

BUYER'S GUIDE - MARINE BINOCULARS

Developments in optics and materials mean marine binoculars now offer better value than ever before. Dennis O’Neill rounded up the best pairs – for all budgets

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Summer 2023
TECHNICAL WATERPROOF FABRICS
Yachting Monthly UK

TECHNICAL WATERPROOF FABRICS

Exciting advances in textile design are leading to drier, warmer and lighter marine clothing. Sam Fortescue explains the benefits, and the science

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9 mins  |
Summer 2023
PETE GOSS DESIGNING OUR PERFECT BOAT
Yachting Monthly UK

PETE GOSS DESIGNING OUR PERFECT BOAT

The legendary offshore yachtsman talks us through the design of his latest boat

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10 mins  |
Summer 2023
'ROLLED & DISMASTED IN MONSTER SEAS'
Yachting Monthly UK

'ROLLED & DISMASTED IN MONSTER SEAS'

Ian Herbert-Jones found himself dismasted and injured in an 80-knot storm deep in the South Atlantic after 219 days at sea in the Golden Globe Race. He told Theo Stocker about the experience

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Summer 2023
FIRST TEST ELAN E4
Yachting Monthly UK

FIRST TEST ELAN E4

Elan’s smallest boat is a huge amount of fun, but would she make a sensible cruising boat? Theo Stocker set out to find her limits

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10 mins  |
Summer 2023
THE 2022-23 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE : THE RACE OF ATTRITION
Yachting Monthly UK

THE 2022-23 GOLDEN GLOBE RACE : THE RACE OF ATTRITION

Katy Stickland talks to the five finishers about routing, gear failure, their seamanship and how they coped spending eight months alone at sea

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Summer 2023
CRUISING CATS
Yachting Monthly UK

CRUISING CATS

Catamarans are becoming ever more popular with private owners, especially for blue-water adventures. Theo Stocker takes a look at two new models

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4 mins  |
Summer 2023
TECHNICAL WINDOWS & HATCHES
Yachting Monthly UK

TECHNICAL WINDOWS & HATCHES

A leaky hatch or window can make life down below miserable. Duncan Kent explains how to ditch those drippy blues forever

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July 2023
The Tongan Way
Yachting Monthly UK

The Tongan Way

One cruising couple discover the simple, unspoilt and breathtaking islands of Tonga en route to New Zealand

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4 mins  |
July 2023
ADVENTURE SAILING EAST BEYOND THE BERLIN WALL
Yachting Monthly UK

ADVENTURE SAILING EAST BEYOND THE BERLIN WALL

The coast of former East Germany offers Karen Eriksen and family tranquility and history in equal measure

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6 mins  |
July 2023
CRUISING HONEYMOON THROUGH THE CRINAN CANAL
Yachting Monthly UK

CRUISING HONEYMOON THROUGH THE CRINAN CANAL

Newlyweds Stuart and Emma start their happily ever after' by piloting Evolene up the west coast of Scotland

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July 2023
'CAUGHT WITH NO ENGINE & NOWHERE TO GO'
Yachting Monthly UK

'CAUGHT WITH NO ENGINE & NOWHERE TO GO'

When Tina McLachlan was caught by a 60-knot squall in the middle of the night and the anchors dragged, a grounding was just minutes away

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6 mins  |
July 2023
FIRST TEST NEEL 43
Yachting Monthly UK

FIRST TEST NEEL 43

If you're torn between the performance of a trimaran and the accommodation of a cruising cat, the Neel 43 might offer a solution, says David Harding

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7 mins  |
July 2023
How to get some 'me time' at sea
Yachting Monthly UK

How to get some 'me time' at sea

The GGR has been a riveting slow burner of a race

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3 mins  |
July 2023
SWALLOW YACHTS 32
Yachting Monthly UK

SWALLOW YACHTS 32

Small boat specialist Swallow Yachts is venturing above 30ft for a sailing boat for the first time with the new Swallow 32, and it’s also returning to its roots with woodepoxy construction.

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July 2023
POINTER 30
Yachting Monthly UK

POINTER 30

The fact that the accommodation of the Pointer is designed around a Nespresso machine, enshrined in glory, tells you a lot about this boat.

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2 mins  |
July 2023
BENTE 28
Yachting Monthly UK

BENTE 28

Once you’ve seen one, Bente yachts are unmistakable. We revisited the brand’s first boat, the Bente 24, a couple of issues ago, which has been around for 10 years or so.

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2 mins  |
July 2023
Call to fit carbon monoxide detectors after tragedy
Yachting Monthly UK

Call to fit carbon monoxide detectors after tragedy

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is calling on boat owners to fit carbon monoxide detectors after two men tragically lost their lives in January 2022 aboard sports cruiser Emma Louise, while tied up at Port Hamble Marina.

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July 2023
KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER WINS
Yachting Monthly UK

KIRSTEN NEUSCHÄFER WINS

the Golden Globe crown and makes history

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5 mins  |
July 2023
Beating around the boot of Italy
Yachting Monthly UK

Beating around the boot of Italy

The omens are good when your new boat is so enjoyable on its first passage home

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4 mins  |
June 2023
PILOTAGE UP THE RIVER TO BARNSTAPLE
Yachting Monthly UK

PILOTAGE UP THE RIVER TO BARNSTAPLE

An expedition upriver to Barnstaple, on the estuary of the rivers Taw and Torridge, crosses drying banks and a dangerous harbour bar. Ken Endean updates the pilotage information on the formerly busy port

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June 2023
KENICHI HORIE 'I WANT TO CROSS THE PACIFIC AT 100'
Yachting Monthly UK

KENICHI HORIE 'I WANT TO CROSS THE PACIFIC AT 100'

His age-defying achievements are the stuff of legend, says Nic Compton, but how did this gentle, unassuming man fulfil such huge sailing ambitions?

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6 mins  |
June 2023
ADVENTURE NEW ZEALAND 8 SUMMER CRUISE
Yachting Monthly UK

ADVENTURE NEW ZEALAND 8 SUMMER CRUISE

Alex and Lesley Stone share the story of their summer cruise around Aotearoa, New Zealand

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8 mins  |
June 2023
'SECOND-HAND: THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY'
Yachting Monthly UK

'SECOND-HAND: THE GOOD, BAD AND THE UGLY'

When Simon and Sally Hardaker set out with friends to buy a boat suited to long-distance cruising they encountered a tricky second-hand market considerably changed in recent times

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June 2023
HOW TO DRY OUT ALONGSIDE
Yachting Monthly UK

HOW TO DRY OUT ALONGSIDE

Knowing how to dry out against piles or a wall can save time and money for working on the hull

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8 mins  |
June 2023
How to prepare for HEAVY WEATHER
Yachting Monthly UK

How to prepare for HEAVY WEATHER

It’s one thing weathering a storm offshore, but what should coastal sailors do when a big blow is imminent? Martin Thomas explains, and Theo Stocker puts it to the test

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10+ mins  |
June 2023
The traditional magic of inflatables
Yachting Monthly UK

The traditional magic of inflatables

Qwerky, our lovely little yellow dinghy, is unstable when we transfer to and from the boarding platform, so we have decided to change over to an inflatable. After taking advice from a dinghy repair company we have opted for a Honwave and on inflating it in the garden I find we’re delighted with the decision.

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2 mins  |
June 2023
A watery graveyard revisited
Yachting Monthly UK

A watery graveyard revisited

Driving Over Lemons, Chris Stewart’s book about Andalucia, is a book I have not read. But I don’t need to.

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3 mins  |
June 2023
Sailing away from the sea
Yachting Monthly UK

Sailing away from the sea

Cleaving tracks between nations, we all love the great sea passages. Even if it’s only Calais.

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3 mins  |
June 2023
UN in historic agreement to protect planet's marine biodiversity
Yachting Monthly UK

UN in historic agreement to protect planet's marine biodiversity

United Nations member countries have for the first time ever reached agreement on a unified legal treaty to protect marine biodiversity in the high seas, helping to protect almost half the planet’s surface that is beyond national maritime borders.

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May 2023