Stranded in Panama after the war, John Caldwell took a 20ft boat solo across the Pacific in a desperate bid to re-join his new bride in Australia. But first, he…
Philippa Park
February 2015
Don't miss out on the February 2015 issue of Yachting Monthly
Libby Purves podcast: March 2015
“With my MP3 player I can pursue my taste for playing air-guitar on night watch” I have always fancied getting a radio station to make a programme of Car Singalong…
Tom Cunliffe podcast: March 2015
“If we could persuade the current to flow, it would go on flowing. The problem was, how?” If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Good advice generally, especially at…
Dick Durham podcast – March 2015
“Whoof! Up goes the paraffin in a stinking yellow flame” Gas. The very word is sinister, and I have body-swerved this particular state of matter in various galleys over the…
WCC Ocean Cruising Seminar
Ocean Cruising Seminar Guildford 6th – 8th March 2015 Hosted by the World Cruising Club, organisers of the annual Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the Ocean Sailing Seminar returns in March…
Our verdict on the Moody 42
What’s she like to sail? The Moody 42 was designed for long-distance cruising, so she is solidly constructed and simply but stoutly rigged. Her high displacement and sail area/displacement ratio…
Martyn Mackrill royally acknowledged
A Yachting Monthly illustrator has been appointed official artist to the world’s most prestigious yacht club in the year that it celebrates its bi-centenary. Martyn Mackrill, 53, whose original paintings…
Boot Dusseldorf
Boot Dusseldorf Photo Gallery
Ben Ainslie gives away gold medal
The medal was awarded because of the generosity from the members of Medway Yacht Club in a fundraising event Gail organised. A global sailing race called Bart’s Bash took place…