Yachting Monthly

Published by Time Inc. (UK) Ltd Yachting monthly is at the heart of the British yachting market and is for people who actively sail their boats - whether cruising across the channel, around the coast or further a field in blue waters. It provides an entertaining mix of vital information for cruising yachtsmen with all levels of experience, which maximises their enjoyment, increases their skills and gives them the confidence to broaden their horizons.

NARROW ESCAPE

Tracy Edwards MBE Transforming the face of sailing

First solo navigation of the Arctic

NEWS IN NUMBERS

Pip Hare’s Vendée Globe bid in jeopardy

Anti-foul regulations updated

NEWS

National water-based sports form new Clean Water Alliance

Farewell to a sailing icon

Noise from spectator boats impacts marine wildlife

Waverley named National Flagship of the Year

LETTERS

DON’T MISS NEXT MONTH

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I finally found the magic of the sea

Don’t let Thames sewage kill off this lovely boat

GRAND SOLEIL 42LC • Performance pedigree and Italian panache certainly make for stylish boats, but how do they translate into a serious cruising boat? Theo Stocker tests the baby of the range

GRAND SOLEIL 42LC

THIS MONTH’S EXPERTS

SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED • Send your questions to our experts at yachtingmonthly@futurenet.com for the chance to win a bottle of Chilgrove gin

How do you rig an inner forestay for storm sails?

Could you rig your lines to avoid chafe?

Safer downwind sailing • Accident reports make sobering reading, but if we want to sail downwind safely, then it pays to learn from gybes gone wrong, says Rachael Sprot

LESSONS TO LEARN

How to rig preventers and boom brakes • Rigging a preventer or using a boom brake is just good seamanship when sailing downwind, but doing so badly is asking for trouble, says Rachael Sprot

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‘WE GOT BATTERED BY A STORM THAT WASN’T FORECAST’ • When David and Sarah Smith decided to take on their first proper ocean passage, they didn’t anticipate storm Oscar, but survived unscathed and relished the experience

LESSONS LEARNED

CONQUERING THE SOUTH COAST • Intrepid novice skipper Monty Halls takes his family sailing along the south coast of Devon and Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly and back

ZhikⓇ SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE AWARD

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MAIDEN MAKES HISTORY AGAIN • Being the first all-female crew to win a round-the-world race is seismic in itself, but the diverse nationalities of the crew are just as significant for the future of sailing

SMASHING RECORDS • In leading her all-female crew to victory in the OGR, Heather Thomas has broken records and taken women’s sailing into the stratosphere

HONOURING HER FATHER • Marie Tabarly took line honours in the Ocean Globe Race, surpassing her father’s record while racing aboard his famous 73ft ketch Pen Duick VI

YOUR CRUISING COMMUNITY • Send your sailing gossip, diary dates, cruising news and club or owners’ association updates to Heather Prentice: heather.prentice@futurenet.com

Mediterranean dream • Guy Malpas cruises Corsica, Sardinia and Italy on his Hallberg-Rassy’s inaugural cruise

Voyage of mercy

BOOK CLUB • Julia Jones reviews the latest maritime reading

NEW GEAR • Dennis O’Neill rounds up the latest marine innovations, including developments in women’s sailing jackets

TECHNICAL INSTALLING A NEW ENGINE • When a mysterious loss of coolant jeopardised his sailing, Andy Du Port knew the time had come to replace his yacht’s...