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2 days ago | 
yachtingworld.com | Toby Heppell
It’s not just enough to set out on an adventurous voyage – you need to capture it as well. But has ‘social media’ sailing gone too far? Our defences have run out: social media has well and truly infiltrated our precious, antiquated sailing world. It’s terrifying to think that our secret passage to escapism and isolation at sea has been discovered. But, like most things that scare us, could there be a thrilling aspect to this challenge?
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2 days ago | 
yachtingmonthly.com | Toby Heppell
The latest generation of foiling IMOCA are more reliable than ever and impressive, but should the non-foilers be rewarded too? The Grand National of sailing that is the Vendée Globe has once again gifted an amazing romp around the globe, in which we were able to live alongside 40 sailors through their ups, downs, disasters and triumphs. As the last few boats close in on the finish I am left with a number of reflections.
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3 days ago | 
yachtingmonthly.com | Toby Heppell
Jon Amtrup is a high-latitude sailor who dreams of a life without diesel, and in between the daydreams, he prepares for an electric future by sailing more often without a set destination TAGS: Electric YachtsTop Story I barely move. The slightest ghost of a breeze is nurtured for every tenth of a knot. 1.2 knots kicks up to 1.5 knots and my smile gets wider.
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1 week ago | 
mby.com | Toby Heppell
From small budget-friendly family day boats to luxurious mini-cruisers, here's our pick of the very best day boats we've tested in recent years If you’re in the market for the perfect day boat, 2025 is already shaping up to be an exceptional year.
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1 week ago | 
yachtingworld.com | Toby Heppell
The Leopard 46 Hybrid is a new Hybrid catamaran that offers all the benefits and security of diesel while also providing many of the benefits or electric power TAGS: New yachtsTop stories Here is another key replacement model after South African yard Robertson and Caine built over 400 of the Leopard 45. La Grande Motte will be an ideal opportunity to see Leopard’s new hybrid drive offering – the Leopard 46 Hybrid – up-close.
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1 week ago | 
yachtingmonthly.com | Toby Heppell
Each month Yachting Monthly's resident expert, James Stevens answers a reader's question. This month should you avoid a mystery green light Mike and two crew are sailing north up the east coast of England towards Sunderland. They are on board Amelia, a 15-metre gaff cutter and finding the trip hard work. The wind is right on the nose, about 15 knots, so they are steadily beating up the coast, keeping between about two and five miles off the shore.
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1 week ago | 
mby.com | Toby Heppell
Early in 2020, with Covid not even a cloud on the horizon, two Broom Owners Club members, Keith and Carole Rowe, were developing plans for the summer. Their idea was to organise an international gathering of Brooms in Dutch waters, leading the British contingent across the North Sea from Norfolk, the home of Broom Boats. We all know what happened next. With lockdown scuppering all activities for 2020, they postponed it to the following year and used the time to develop the idea further.
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2 weeks ago | 
yachtingworld.com | Toby Heppell
We ask top sailors and marine industry gurus to choose the coolest and most innovative yachts of our times. This month Ian Williams nominates the M32 Catamaran TAGS: Top storiesWorld’s coolest yachts As a match racer, Ian Williams frequently jumps into different classes of boats, but the Marström -designed M32 Catamaran is his pick.
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2 weeks ago | 
yachtingmonthly.com | Toby Heppell
Unhappy with the length of time his boat remained neaped in the mud, Grahame Hill took it upon himself to move his mooring to deeper water TAGS: How toPractical seamanshipTop Story Typical of a purchase driven by the heart, the reality of buying a long keel cruiser struck home immediately when I tried to keep Swedish Lass on the drying mooring I had at the time in Alresford Creek, off the River Colne in Essex.
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2 weeks ago | 
yachtingmonthly.com | Toby Heppell
Each month Yachting Monthly's resident expert, James Stevens answers a reader's question. This month he gets to the bottom of a Swellies quandary TAGS: Question of SeamanshipTop Story Nick and Judy own a 9m bilge keel yacht with a draught of 1.2m. They are on a voyage up the west coast of Britain and are now in the Menai Strait.
