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I WAS THE ONLY SAILOR ON OUR FAMILY CHARTER AND IT HAD TO GO WELL
Yachting Monthly UK

I WAS THE ONLY SAILOR ON OUR FAMILY CHARTER AND IT HAD TO GO WELL

Crystal waters, cliff tombs and sunken outboards lain Willis wanted to ensure plain sailing for his family’s first charter around Turkey's Lycian Coast

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October 2024
HOW IT WORKS SEAWATER PUMP
Yachting Monthly UK

HOW IT WORKS SEAWATER PUMP

The water and oil seals on a water pump shaft will eventually wear with time, leading to pump-shaft corrosion or loss of engine oil.

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October 2024
THOUSANDS OF MILES ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN
Yachting Monthly UK

THOUSANDS OF MILES ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN

Floris and Ivar battled severe weather and cross swell to sail from Australia to South Africa, but there were beautiful islands on the way

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8 mins  |
October 2024
The secret of yachts with enduring appeal
Yachting Monthly UK

The secret of yachts with enduring appeal

Fashions come and go, but J-Boats remain a safe choice for great sailing boats, whether you want to own it for ever or sell it

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October 2024
Tragic sinking of Bayesian; Italian prosecutors investigate
Yachting Monthly UK

Tragic sinking of Bayesian; Italian prosecutors investigate

The sinking of the Bayesian superyacht in reportedly only 16 minutes and the tragic loss of seven lives has sent a shudder through the sailing community and beyond.

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October 2024
THE ADVENT OF MARINE AI TECHNOLOGY
Yachting Monthly UK

THE ADVENT OF MARINE AI TECHNOLOGY

Fonathon Savill reports on the revolutionary impact artificial intelligence is about to have on all areas of life at sea

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7 mins  |
October 2024
IMPROVING SINGLE-LINE REEFING
Yachting Monthly UK

IMPROVING SINGLE-LINE REEFING

Martin Watts explains how to reduce the friction on the reefing lines of newer yachts

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5 mins  |
October 2024
The secrets of skippering a successful cruise
Yachting Monthly UK

The secrets of skippering a successful cruise

Setting off on a cruise is easy, but planning a route that keeps your options open and ensures the enjoyment of all on board is more of an art

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October 2024
CRUISING THE KINGDOM OF THE ISLES
Yachting Monthly UK

CRUISING THE KINGDOM OF THE ISLES

Joanna Martin and her husband Mark sail across the Irish Sea to the legendary sea kingdom and to draw the wonderful wildlife there

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7 mins  |
October 2024
MOODY DS48
Yachting Monthly UK

MOODY DS48

Can a boat built for long-term, long-distance cruising and offering one-level living still deliver an enjoyable sailing experience? Theo Stocker sets sail across the English Channel to find out

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10 mins  |
October 2024
Mile-long RNLI flotilla for 200th anniversary
Yachting Monthly UK

Mile-long RNLI flotilla for 200th anniversary

As the RNLI celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, more than 40 rescue vessels formed a flotilla more than a mile long in Poole in May.

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Summer 2024
Ella Hibbert to sail to Norway and Russia in Arctic preparation
Yachting Monthly UK

Ella Hibbert to sail to Norway and Russia in Arctic preparation

Intrepid 27-year-old sailor Ella Hibbert has made the difficult decision to delay her departure to sail solo around the Arctic circle until next year, but will instead depart this summer on a training expedition to Norway and Russia in preparation.

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Summer 2024
Orcas sink a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar
Yachting Monthly UK

Orcas sink a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

A pod of orcas attacked and sank a 15m yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar in May, the latest in a series of encounters in the area that have sunk five yachts in the past four years, the Spanish maritime authorities reported.

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Summer 2024
Why Pip Hare needs you now
Yachting Monthly UK

Why Pip Hare needs you now

Sailing with Pip Hare last week reminded me of my father’s sailing mantra: ‘It’s all about drag.’

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Summer 2024
ADVENTURE THE CALL OF THE SOUTH SEAS
Yachting Monthly UK

ADVENTURE THE CALL OF THE SOUTH SEAS

What is the call of the South Seas? The Hoiland family were curious to find out, so they set off west to explore. This is the story of their year sailing through the islands and atolls of French Polynesia

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Summer 2024
HOW TO DODGE GALES IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY
Yachting Monthly UK

HOW TO DODGE GALES IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY

Ken Endean tries a two-anchorage strategy

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8 mins  |
Summer 2024
Picking up fore and aft moorings
Yachting Monthly UK

Picking up fore and aft moorings

Mooring fore and aft can be a fiddly process, never more so than in Cornwall's Polperro. If you can do it here, says Rachael Sprot, then you can do it anywhere

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Summer 2024
TECHNICAL PURCHASING POWER
Yachting Monthly UK

TECHNICAL PURCHASING POWER

Sam Fortescue explains how to check you have the power needed to handle your running rigging safely - and how to fix it if you don't

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Summer 2024
NEW GEAR
Yachting Monthly UK

NEW GEAR

Dennis O'Neill reviews the latest products designed to make sailing safer and easier

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Summer 2024
'NEVER BEFORE HAVE I SAILED IN SUCH WILD WEATHER'
Yachting Monthly UK

'NEVER BEFORE HAVE I SAILED IN SUCH WILD WEATHER'

When Jeremy Edwards and his sister were hit by a 'weather bomb' en route to Tonga it gave him a new-found respect for his sister's skippering ability

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9 mins  |
Summer 2024
ADVENTURE RACING AROUND THE WORLD
Yachting Monthly UK

ADVENTURE RACING AROUND THE WORLD

First Mate Rachel Burgess tells YM what it was like to race 28.000 miles around the world to win the Ocean Globe Race with her all-female crew aboard Maiden

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Summer 2024
FIRST TEST DUFOUR 41
Yachting Monthly UK

FIRST TEST DUFOUR 41

There have always been yachts that claim to offer the best of all worlds. They lure you in with the promise of being able to luxuriate in spacious opulence after a day of exhilarating sailing.

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Summer 2024
How to rig preventers and boom brakes
Yachting Monthly UK

How to rig preventers and boom brakes

Rigging a preventer or using a boom brake is just good seamanship when sailing downwind, but doing so badly is asking for trouble, says Rachael Sprot

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July 2024
Don't let Thames sewage kill off this lovely boat
Yachting Monthly UK

Don't let Thames sewage kill off this lovely boat

Samuel Pepys mentions oysters in his diaries 68 times, but that was when they were as common as winkles along the banks of the Thames and when they were a source of cheap protein for the masses.

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July 2024
I finally found the magic of the sea
Yachting Monthly UK

I finally found the magic of the sea

I won’t be in theatres with a notebook as much as usual this month – time for some wider, wetter horizons – but may be musing, as I often do, on how rare it is for theatre to express a convincing reality about the oceans and the trade or pursuit of seafaring.

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July 2024
TECHNICAL GOLDEN OLDIES
Yachting Monthly UK

TECHNICAL GOLDEN OLDIES

Ken Endean looks back on the boats he has owned over 50 years and explains why the hull lines of older yachts continue to offer first-class handling

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10+ mins  |
July 2024
HOW IT WORKS MARKING
Yachting Monthly UK

HOW IT WORKS MARKING

Many cruising yacht skippers mark very little on board their boats.

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July 2024
TECHNICAL INSTALLING A NEW ENGINE
Yachting Monthly UK

TECHNICAL INSTALLING A NEW ENGINE

When a mysterious loss of coolant jeopardised his sailing, Andy Du Port knew the time had tome to replace his yacht’s:veteran Volvo Penta

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7 mins  |
July 2024
NEW GEAR
Yachting Monthly UK

NEW GEAR

Dennis O’Neill rounds up the latest marine innovations, including developments in women’s sailing jackets

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6 mins  |
July 2024
MARIE TABARLY HONOURING HER FATHER
Yachting Monthly UK

MARIE TABARLY HONOURING HER FATHER

Marie Tabarly took line honours in the Ocean Globe Race, surpassing her father’s record while racing aboard his famous 73ft ketch Pen Duick VI

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3 mins  |
July 2024

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