With the high cost of marine electronics, phone apps offer a plethora of affordable navigation data at your fingertips, says Sam Fortescue
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Mervyn Wheatley: One last adventure
OSTAR veteran Mervyn Wheatley ponders the changes in sailing through his decades-long career
Rod Heikell: Changing the face of Med cruising
Rod Heikell published his Greek Waters Pilot 40 years ago, opening up cruising in the Med to thousands. Nic Compton meets the legendary author
Yacht Radar: How to find your way in any weather
To the uninitiated, radar can seem like a dark art. The splurge of blobs would look more at home in the Tate Modern than the nav station. Recent advances in…
Sailing America: 10 of the best spots to cruise in the US
Sailing America opens up wide and varied cruising grounds, taking in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, as well as temperate and tropical locations to explore under sail. Steve Walburn shares…
Sailing with family: shorthanded cruising with young children
Amy Kemp now sails solo with her two young boys. She shares how she gained her confidence sailing with family as the only parent onboard
Rescuing 319 migrants at sea: one solo sailor’s story
Ryan Ellison didn't expect his first solo passage to turn into a rescue mission. He shares the part he played in helping to assist 319 migrants at sea off the…
Yachting Monthly April 2022 – On Sale 03 March 2022
Inside the April 2022 issue of Yachting Monthly: Sail for the horizon: Are you ready to head offshore? Green Sailing Special: Mike Golding on why plastic pollution is a red…
Exploring the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
Stephanie and I had left Cape Verde on the 6 January 2020, on a blustery and wet morning almost exactly six months before arriving at Elizabeth City in North Carolina,…
Robinson Crusoe dreams: sailing in stunning French Polynesia
Joshua Shankle and Rachel Moore’s first long-distance voyage takes them to French Polynesia where they explore remote atolls