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Chris Beeson
MOB myths busted – Part 1
MOB is such a big concern that many of us ignore it. In this series Noel Dilly shares some thought-provoking and controversial ideas about MOB recovery
ALERT: Boats on the box
BBC 2 to air six-part documentary Britain Afloat – A history of the British people told through six of its best-loved boats
Bestevaer 45 Pure review
She looks like a go-anywhere cruiser, but does she live up to it? Graham Snook and the YM editorial team went cruising in her to find out
An expert guide to box berthing
Dutch boatbuilder Eeuwe Kooi has been box berthing all his life. He shows Chris Beeson how the pros do it
What’s it like to sail Groupama 3, a 103ft trimaran, at 42 knots?
On 23 July ten years ago, Groupama 3 broke the West-East Transatlantic record. YM’s Chris Beeson and Graham Snook were in Lorient shortly after and were invited aboard to find…
PHOTOS: QM2 rescues Tamarind skipper Mervyn Wheatley
YM reader Pip Dando was onboard the liner when the former Royal Marine was recovered from his damaged Formosa 42
USED BOAT: Westerly Konsort
She’s been unfairly described as a ‘floating caravan’, yet she's nimble, lively and roomy – which is what most of us want in a boat, says Dick Durham
What’s the safest way to get from tender to yacht?
The simple transfer of kit and crew has resulted in people in the water, and lives being lost. Chris Beeson looks at the safest way to board from a tender
VIDEO: Coastguard medevacs crew from yacht 200 miles off Scilly
UK Coastguard and Irish SAR services join forces to rescue sailor at the edge of the helicopter's operating range