Three hours on the start line of a yacht race and then walking in Storm Bert gave me the chance to really test the warmth and ...

How do you equip a small yacht for your first ocean voyage, especially with few crew or sailing single-handed? Jester ...

I have been testing the Zhik Seaboot 400 while sailing during the summer and then took them to France for the start line of ...

A knockdown wave inflated the crew's lifejackets and broke the skipper's leg as they tried to rescue a man overboard in 3-4m ...

Wind vane self-steering gear is famously rugged, famously fiddly, and really intimidating when you first look at one, writes Dena Hankins and James Lane. It requires little maintenance—mostly a rinse ...

With her rudder back in action, Christina continued to sail towards Cape Verde, a scheduled stop on the ARC+ rally. Frenesi’s ...

Sailing in fog is one of the things sailors most fear – but circumstances mean it often can’t be avoided. Sticky Stapylton ...

4. I decided to epoxy the supports to the duck boards, clamping them with screws capped with teak plugs. Screwing from the ...

With a half-empty liquid filled compass and no obvious sign of a leak, Norman Eastwood decided it was time to do something ...