Yachting Monthly – September 2019
An Arctic cruise is on many a bucket list. But how possible is it for the average sailor? Brian Black shares his knowledge The A ...
itself. A current runs clockwise around the coast but it’s not strong and need not be a major issue in planning a circumnavigati ...
unpleasant prospect of adverse conditions at Langanes, a long peninsula that juts out to sea with tide race conditions at its po ...
weak points. Work on the assumption that anything which can go wrong will go wrong, so gather as much repair and replacement par ...
CLOTHING AND GEAR Yes, it’s the Arctic and getting there can be brutally cold at sea so be kind to yourself, bring plenty of lay ...
golden rule is to go ahead of them, going around behind can bring you into contact with a trail of growlers and bergy bits that ...
We ask the experts about the skills every good skipper should have in their armoury 10 common mistakes... and how to avoid them ...
4 KNOW YOUR CREW’S EXPERIENCE ‘Obviously we think the RYA qualifications are the best way to ensure you are sailing safely, but ...
Gr ah am S no ok /Y M 5 UNDERSTANDING FORECASTS Checking the weather forecast before putting to sea is one of our obligations un ...
7 WHY SAIL TRIM MATTERS Get your sail trim right, and you won’t only sail faster, you’ll also heel less, point higher upwind and ...
Al i^ W oo d 9 HEADSAIL TRIM ‘As a pretty simple starting point for headsail trim, it should match the mainsail trim in both twi ...
Q Chris is skipper of Petrel, a 29ft cruiser racer. He’s on passage to windward at night with two crew and currently on starboar ...
When Alan England found himself stranded in Greece without a crew to assist his return passage, he made a rash decision he was s ...
and spread out on the workshop bench like a jigsaw puzzle. I wondered whether Spiros would be able to get it back together again ...
Sn ap se ed THE KNOWLEDGE MIKE TAYLOR is an established boat and car journalist. His career began in 1979 and he’s written for a ...
SAFETY EQUIPMENT THE LIFEBOATS CARRY Small lifeboats include QEmergency first-aid kit QOxygen apparatus QPain-relief tablets ...
pressing one button and it will provide us with vital additional information on the vessel such as type and size, which is cruci ...
QCritical to a lifeboat ‘shout’ is for the RNLI to ensure that the correctly trained crew respond to the call for help and the ...
Ed W ild go os e/M ail AS ail A s cruising sailors, many of us might not even contemplate taking part in an offshore yacht race, ...
H aving retired from Paralympic sailing in 2016, I was in need of a new challenge. Keen for us to start having adventures togeth ...
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