Yachting Monthly – March 2018
Professional delivery skipper Pete Green’s top priorities for taking a boat offshore Seaworthiness ‘I once delivered an Oysterma ...
Following land-based adventures, including cycling from Plymouth to Istanbul, Daniel Stroud decided to buy a small ocean-going y ...
Choosing the boat SIZE Waterline length is a poor indictor of suitability for bluewater sailing in terms of how well the boat wi ...
A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP Q Jenny and two friends are on a cruise to Brittany on board their Bavaria 3 2, Firebird, a standard pr ...
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Barry Grey and crew feel the full force of a downslope wind and end up running aground and being rescued by the Coastguard ‘We w ...
S^ outh of the Straits of Hormuz in the Sultanate of Oman is Musandam, known locally as the Arabian Fjords. Stretching some 15km ...
ACCELER ATED BY THE MOUNTAINS, THE KATABATIC WIND SCREAMED LIKE A BANSHEE to refloat the boat. We swung on the boom, hung over t ...
REAL LIFE (^1) TAKE CHARGE Keep your communication tools fully charged at all times. Had we not had the ability to contact the C ...
PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP Professional skipper Simon Phillips has cruised and raced over 325,000 miles, including 34 Atlantic crossin ...
2 HALYARDS Using two halyards is a must to ensure the safety of the person aloft. Decide which is the primary halyard and which ...
7 FLAKE THE HALYARD While they are up the mast, flake out both of the halyards so these can run 6 free when they’re being lowere ...
Gear for going aloft Well-chosen gear that will keep you safe and comfortable HELMETS A helmet is never a bad idea for going alo ...
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COASTING HOME A delivery trip from the Solent to the Thames Estuary throws up a list of jobs for Dick Durham to tackle on the dr ...
English Channel The Solent Thames River Estuary Thames Dover Strait N KENT EAST SUSSEX WEST SUSSEX HAMPSHIRE Dover London Portsm ...
Above, Small and perfectly formed Betty II heads out of Portsmouth harbour leak had been candidly mentioned to me by the boat’s ...
ALMOST HOME Betty II soared up the Downs in fl at, sheltered water, the houses of Deal staring at us from the beach, and I set a ...
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Isabel Joce and husband Bob witness Europe’s migrant crisis fi rsthand while cruising in Greece YOURCRUISING STORIES I n late J ...
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