17+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1889+ words) Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring the special places on offer in each Dover sea area is a relatively small but significant wedge of water between…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (726+ words) Delivering a boat is easier with your own crew, but when the boat is a family's 35ft home, the stakes (and the stress) are much higher When you're asked to take any boat from A to B, it's always easier if…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1319+ words) Mike Reynolds and his wife Nicki sailed over 5,000 miles to the Azores, Canaries and across the Atlantic to the Caribbean while repairing three separate leaks Finally we had arrived in the Azores from Newfoundland, a passage described in YM February…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1384+ words) A Californian trailer-sailer that became popular in Europe, the MacGregor 26C is a remarkably lightweight water-ballasted yacht with an ingenious pop-up saloon top The upper reaches of Mill Tail in Totnes isn't the most glamorous spot in South Devon. Sandwiched between…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (753+ words) From Starlink Mini to 5G antennas, what are the best ways to stay connected at sea in 2026 and how do you get high-speed Wi-Fi, even in mid-ocean? For many sailors, the dream of getting away from it all no longer includes…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1393+ words) More and more boatbuilders are offering electric or hybrid propulsion as an option, says Rupert Homes, but is it viable yet for a heavy aluminium yacht? The concept of rugged aluminium centreboard boats is well proven, but can a boat…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1117+ words) Guido Cantini's Golden Globe Race is a decade in the making. He first purchased his cutter-rigged Vancouver 34 Hannah of Cowes in 2016, with plenty of time to prepare for the 2022 edition. After he was forced to withdraw for personal reasons, the…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago  (1807+ words) New innovations mean you have more chance of keeping your boat afloat and avoiding polluting the sea around you. Rob Melotti investigates Bilge pumps are such a simple, standard piece of equipment that very little has changed about them in…...

6+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1418+ words) Navigating South Africa's treacherous coast was challenging for Ivar and Floris, despite almost eight years of sailing around the world Bang!' Luci's bow collided with a steep wave, filling the air with a deafening reverberation. Water drenched the foredeck, followed…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (1726+ words) Bill and Kate Morris spend the summer cruising through Liguria, Corsica and Sardinia ahead of work at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games The crackle of skis on vertiginous pistes, an icy puck at the base of a brawling mass of burly hockey…...