Theo Stocker

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Theo Stocker went to the Boot Düsseldorf 2025 boat show in Germany to see this year’s crop of awesome new boats and some exciting new designs being unveiled to the world TAGS: new boatTop Story Sitting in the Uerige brew house in Düsseldorf’s charming old town, sipping glass after little glass of the dark Altbier and munching my way through perfectly crispy pork knuckle, it was difficult not to feel more than a little content with life, as if I’d fallen plumb into the most gemütlich of German...

Aug 15, 2024 | yachtingmonthly.com | Theo Stocker

In an age of digital navigation and walk ashore pontoons, how hard can the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore be? Theo Stocker prepared to take the test to find out TAGS: How tosailing skillsTop Story Many very competent and highly experienced yachtsmen and women don’t have any qualifications at all and are content to keep it that way, but for some reason, not being a Yachtmaster bothered me.

Jul 31, 2024 | yachtingmonthly.com | Theo Stocker

Former YM editor, Kathleen Palmer, utilised her journalistic skills to anonymously rally against the patriarchal nature of post-war sailing For the first time in its history, the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris will achieve gender parity. For sailing, this means four women’s events, four men’s events and two mixed events – therefore equal chances for men and women to win medals. At the 1948 London Olympics it was a very different story. Female sailors were banned.

Jun 3, 2024 | yachtingmonthly.com | Theo Stocker

Sailors can now check in to Schengen zone in 53 French marinas rather than having to use official Ports of Entry TAGS: cruisingcustomsFranceschengen Sailors planning to cross the Channel to France this summer should have a much easier time checking in and out, thanks to changes introduced on 1 June 2024. Yachts arriving in France from outside the EU’s Schengen zone can now clear customs in one of 53 marinas.

May 27, 2024 | yachtingmonthly.com | Theo Stocker

Yachting Monthly editor, Theo Stocker speaks to three modern wooden boat manufacturers to find how this old material has remained at the forefront of technology TAGS: Top storieswooden yacht ‘Building a wooden boat, you don’t need a new plug and mould for every boat you want to build, so there is much lower setup cost, and less waste,’ says Spirit Yachts’ Adrian Gooderham. ‘A large part of the cost is in the skilled labour.