Happiness is… a good day’s training and progress on the race course….Should we sacrifice a bit of time racing for more practice days? Happiness equals reality minus expectations.” Does this resonate with you? When I first heard this, it sounded like a pretty good way of summing up how we feel when we look at […]
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Say yes to the unexpected and you never know where you’ll end up… Jess Lloyd-Mostyn tells us of her cruising adventures… a wedding, a local march, and even becoming a foster family to an expectant cat! Living on a sailboat is a crash course in adaptability. The weather may not play ball, port clearance may […]
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With 15,000 kilometres of coastline and around 6,000 Islands to explore, the cruising area of Greece is vast, writes Sue Pelling. In this Greece pt 2 charter feature, we look at the popular areas of the Aegean, Sporades, and Dodecanese. Greece offers over 250 days of sunshine, some of the best cruising grounds in the […]
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Changing gears as the conditions change is about instinct and feel as much as it is about numbers. Alan Denham explains how to get the best from your boat
Many of you, like me, probably started their sailing adventures in small dinghies. The purity of just you, the wind …Continue reading »
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Sam Jefferson reviews the latest bunkside reads, classic books and more. Sailing the Shallows – the lost art of cruising the coast in a small boat – Roger Barnes This book will be available in September but you can pre order a copy ahead of that should you wish and it sounds like it might […]
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Sometimes it pays to be a bit brave and use a bit of gumption when it comes to piloting into a shallow anchorage, Jess Lloyd-Mostyn tells us. There is nothing quite so nail-biting as navigating through shallow waters. Our boat draws about 1.8m but we always try to have more than that under the keel. […]
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What are the top five most commonly asked questions at the start of a charter? Charter veteran Tom Fletcher has the best charter tips for you. One of the most popular extras we offer at Sail Ionian is the Assisted Sailing programme. The programme offers the support of a skipper on board for a day […]
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Author of the book. Illustrated Navigation, Ivar Dedekam talks Yachting Monthly through the process of taking a noon sight
To take a sextant noon sight you first have to figure out when the sun will pass over your meridian. …Continue reading »
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Greece is a country of many gifts for the cruising sailor. The Gulf of Corinth is one of its hidden treasures as Rod Heikell narrates. When sailing from the Ionian in Greece to the Aegean we often prefer to take the slightly longer route around the Peloponnese. But early season it all depends on the […]
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A key feature of coastal sailing, land and sea breeze are a commonly encountered phenomena for most sailors
No matter where you are in the world, coastal sailing is all about knowing how to read your immediate surroundings …Continue reading »
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Jimmy Cornell won our Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s British Yachting Awards. Sam Jefferson caught up with him to discuss a life of adventure on the water. Few in the world of sailing have not heard of Jimmy Cornell; a larger than life character who by force of personality combined with drive and vision […]
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Georgie Corlett-Pitt talks to top sailors about Cowes Week 2025 and this event’s unique appeal, and gets their insider tips on taking part… Cowes Week 2025 takes place this year from 2-8 August and is, incredibly, just one year away from celebrating its bicentenary. The allure of one of the world’s biggest regattas is, it […]
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Three top picks from the market… just for you. Southerly 420 – Blue Dolphin Blue Dolphin is one of just a few Southerly 420 cruising yachts built by Northshore. This fine example, for sale with Red Ensign Yacht Brokerage in Falmouth, offers outstanding sailing performance with easy handling by just two people from the centre […]
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The continuing story of Barry Pickthall’s sometimes dramatic two year cruise from Chichester to the Outer Hebrides and back. Regular readers will recall that we last left Barry in ST/YY July 2025 after a calamitous dismasting off Portmaddy in the Outer Hebrides, led to repairs and over-wintering in Ullapool and an unexpected second season in […]
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A British medal jamboree at Princesa Sofía Regatta in Palma, and the ups and downs of racing on the professional circuit. I won’t make a secret of it. I was in a bit of a hole after the Olympics. It was pretty shortly after that when I told myself, ‘well I’m going to have to […]
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Sam Fortescue takes a look at the latest developments when it comes to chartplotters. News late last year that Imray will cease publishing paper charts after the coming sailing season has caused concern among sailors and navigators. It may be one of the reasons that the UK Hydrographic Office has given its paper charts a […]
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Sam Jefferson looks at the latest designs and launches… Pegasus 67 Pegasus Yachts is a Slovenian company that specialises in carbon construction who, up until now, had built only one model, the Pegasus 51. This is a very innovative yacht that combines blistering speed and light displacement with blue water comfort. The boat is full […]
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There are plenty of factors relating to why class open meeting championship attendance in some classes are suffering more than others. Sue Pelling considers some of the reasons, and highlights a selection of classes attracting big numbers. There is no denying the fact that open meeting and championship attendance over the last 10-15 years (and […]
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Peter Poland helped set up Hunter Boats, one of the most successful British boatbuilders of recent years. He looks back on the ups and downs of building the business. My early sailing experiences came about because my paternal grandfather Kenneth Poland owned successful syndicates in Lloyds of London. He had done very well there and owned a […]
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Peter Poland puts Hanse’s new 360 through her paces and discovers that this entry level cruiser has much to offer. When Michael Schmidt took a rest from successful racing on German Admiral’s Cup yachts, the Berlin Wall was beginning to crumble in late 1989. So he decided to investigate East German boat yards that had […]
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