Yachts & Yachting magazine

Since 1947 Yachts & Yachting has been famed for its excellent coverage of all aspects of racing, from local dinghy and keelboat events to the heights of the Olympic Games, America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race. As well as the top end events, each issue is full of vital information, including technique and tips from some of the best coaches in the sport, interviews and profiles, kit and equipment guides, as well as tests of the latest new boats.

Sailing Today

Skipper’s View • BOAT TESTS BRING A RANGE OF JOYS AND CHALLENGES AND AFTER 14 YEARS OF DPOING THEM, A HANDFUL STILL STAND OUT

CONTRIBUTORS

Still got the blues

Caribbean dream

Ebb and flow • EVENTS | NEWS | TALES FROM THE SAILING COMMUNITY

New boats - at the Multihull Show • Sam Jefferson looks at the latest designs and launches

FOLLOWING DREAMS • Selling up and going sailing as a family is a leap into the unknown – the more so if your sailing experience is limited. The Monk family were undeterred however. Pichaya Monk narrates their adventure

Paul Heiney • While obsessing about relatively minor things go bump in the night, Paul recalls an incident with a ship in the Atlantic that was a bit too close for comfort!

Andy Rice • Happiness is... a good day’s training and progress on the race course.... Should we sacrifice a bit of time racing for more practice days?

PLANNING A LITTLE BRITTANY • Clive Loughlin plans a ‘bucket list’ epic adventure to North Brittany

TIME OUT • SAM JEFFERSON REVIEWS THE LATEST BUNKSIDE READS, CLASSIC BOOKS AND MORE

PLANE SAILING • Beneteau has an ambitious new mission; to create a planing cruiser. Sam Jefferson buckles up aboard the First 30 to see if it achieved this aim

Tom Cunliffe • As Tom discovered on a voyage to the Arctic, plotters don’t always fill you with the sort of confidence you’d expect

MAGIC ROUNDABOUT • Georgie Corlett-Pitt gets the organisers’ perspective on this iconic event from Race Director Dave Atkinson…

BLUE WATER GOES GREEN • Long distance cruising is one thing but it’s also important to do it in a sustainable manner. Sam Fortescue looks at the options

HALLS OF FAME • A recent refurbishment and the launch of a new exhibition to celebrate the history of surfing in Cornwall are among the many good reasons to visit the National Maritime Museum Cornwall

BALTIC BEAUTY • Saare Yachts is an Estonian manufacturer that is little known in the UK but produces high quality cruisers. The 47 is its latest and Sam Fortescue steps aboard to discover more

BANGOR MARINA • Boatfolk’s Bangor Marina in Northern Ireland, in the heart of the City, offers highly rated marine and onshore facilities on the sunny side of Belfast Lough

FISH AND TIPS • With the Atlantic Ocean crossing season looming, Jenevora Swann shares some tips on how to get ready for offshore fishing, without breaking the bank

CHASING SUNSETS • Looking to stretch your sailing holiday skill and ability? How about venturing to one of the many exotic locations like the Indian Ocean, South East Asia or Australasia, where demand is on the increase

RUM WITH A VIEW • Rupert Holmes reports on the latest edition of Antigua Sailing Week, one of the Caribbean’s most appealing regattas

TREASURE ON TRINIDADE • Bluewater cruising is taken for granted these days – yet one pioneering adventure put it on the map. Sam Jefferson relates E F Knight’s South Atlantic Soujourn

Three of the best • BROKERAGE | BOATS FOR SALE

Jess Lloyd-Mostyn • Say yes to the unexpected and you never know where you’ll end up... maybe a wedding, a local march, or even becoming a foster family to an expectant cat!