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.

IMPRESS YOUR CREW

Sailing schools ‘severely hit’ by COVID-19 social distancing restrictions

Shipping containers lost overboard

Solo sailor rescued in Force 9 storm

Register of solo circumnavigators launched

NEWS IN NUMBERS

NEWS

Sailors warned of berthing scam

100% recyclable catamaran for 2021 launch

New Round Ireland record set

33 solo skippers start the Vendée Globe

LETTERS

Yachting Monthly

Simple pleasure

Would the RNLI exist without slave trade profits?

FIRST TEST BENETEAU OCEANIS 40.1 • The 40ft yacht market is fierce, so has Beneteau’s new family cruiser got what it takes? Graham Snook heads to the Solent to find out

OCEANIS 40.1

JON SANDERS WAY OF THE WORLD • Jon Sanders is nearing the end of his 11th solo circumnavigation around the world. Elaine Bunting finds out what drives him to keep seeking out the solace of the sea

SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Why are my segmental anodes not lasting a whole season?

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP

HOW TO service a winch • Service winches regularly for safety, easy running and longevity, says Rachael Sprot of Rubicon 3 (www.rubicon3.co.uk)

How to cruise in Europe after Brexit • Keeping a boat in Europe has offered easy adventure and warmer climates, but as regulations after Brexit begin to take shape, this could all change. Lu and Rod Heikell look at what this means for cruising sailors

What does this mean for me?

How to bring your boat back to the UK

OPTIONS FOR THE TIME-POOR

The easy way to calculate course to steer • You don’t need paper charts and complex diagrams to calculate course to steer. Mark Browse explains a method that’s easy enough to do in your head

‘The boat was slammed over and water poured in’ • Randall Reeves leaves the storm jib in its bag while braving the Southern Ocean to prove that speed is safety in heavy weather

FIRST VOYAGE LESSONS LEARNED

SECOND VOYAGE LESSONS LEARNED

ENCHANTING ARCHIPELAGO • Justin Butler takes his five-year-old daughter on a magical cruise along the south Cornish coast to the Isles of Scilly

Carving figureheads

THE GRAND RIVER TOUR • John Woolf explores Europe’s inland waterways on a four-month, 3,000-mile cruise from Bordeaux to the Black Sea

IKEN CLIFF, RIVER ALDE • Dick Durham anchors in a lost world, tucked away up the River Alde in Suffolk

NORTHERN SPORADES, GREECE • Blue water, rich culture and charming fishing villages are all waiting to be discovered in these Greek islands, says Lu Heikell

A VOYAGE AROUND THE CUILLINS • Having scattered the ashes of his friend Roger Chisholm in the waters of Loch Coruisk, Howard Steen continues sailing his circuit of Skye

YOUR CRUISING COMMUNITY

Escape to Normandy • Nick Leather takes his teenage son and nephews on their first cross-Channel voyage

Lonely Christmas • It was December 2012. Gerry Hughes and Quest III were deep in the Indian Ocean on his bid to become the first deaf sailor to sail solo around the world. Already they had suffered three knockdowns and a capsize. Gerry’s focus was on survival.

BOOK CLUB • Julia Jones reviews the latest maritime reading

NEW GEAR • Laura Hodgetts...