Skippers’ Tips: Pilotage with Google and rope sleeves
Yachting Monthly experts and seasoned skippers share their advice on a whole range of issues for the cruising sailor. Do…
Yacht reviews
Jonty Pearce: The travails of winter
Jonty Pearce checks on his Southerly 105 ketch following the recently stormy winter weather, but discovers not all of the…
Could you free your yacht from a lobster pot?
The RYA’s former Yachtmaster chief examiner, James Stevens answers your questions of seamanship. This month, without getting into the water…
Can you help solve the mystery of the Sir Alec Rose scrolls?
Each handwritten scroll is 100ft long and provides details of Sir Alec Rose’s circumnavigation aboard his ketch Lively Lady and…
Popular yacht designs of the 1990s
Rupert Holmes reviews the popular trends in yacht design and…
Popular classics – 1980s yacht designs that are still making waves today
Rupert Holmes charts the designers and racing trends that shaped…
Coming of age: the 1970s yacht designs that have stood the test of time
Sailing in the 1970s was characterised by innovation, enthusiasm, mass…
The age of discovery – what we can learn from yacht design of the 1960s
The 1960s saw a huge increase in sailing participation, fuelled…