Seasoned skippers and Yachting Monthly experts give their advice on a whole range of issues for the cruising sailor
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How to sail Biscay: 3 ways to tackle the milestone
Beyond Biscay is a diverse coastal cruising ground and the route to the warm waters of the Mediterranean. Will Bruton reveals the best ways to cross this notorious rite of…
Smarter sailing – Editor’s letter, February 2019
Smarter sailing ... the editor's welcome to the February issue of Yachting Monthly
How do we find our way without a plotter?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - when his GPS plotter packs up, Pete has to rely on the time old strategy of aim to miss
Should we risk cutting the corner?
James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - would you risk cutting the corner to get into harbour quicker?
Jonty Pearce: Electronic wizardry
Shiny new gadgets that talk to each other are just too much to resist for Jonty Pearce, as he gives into temptation once more
How to make navigation safer using satellite images
Some hydrographic surveys date from the Victorian era. Tom Partridge uses satellite imagery as a sanity check for navigation and finds unexpected benefits
‘GPS cyber vulnerabilities’: US Navy reverts to teaching astronavigation
Lesssons in celestial navigation have been reinstated at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, nearly twenty years after the subject was dropped. The move is motivated by fears that the GPS…
10 classic pilotage mistakes in navigation…
…and how to avoid them. James Stevens reveals the classic pilotage mistakes and explains what you need to do to ensure safe inshore navigation
Chichester Bar survey finds less depth
The entrance to Chichester Harbour may be shallower than is shown on your charts, according to the latest survey