Swallow Yachts is now expanding its BayCruiser range with the BayCruiser 32
The BayCruiser 32 will be built using epoxy bio-resins and cork decks to make it as environmentally friendly as possible. Credit: Swallow YachtsSwallow Yachts, based in Wales, was originally known for its kit boats before building a reputation for its range of...
Chris Comerie uses retirement to fulfil a teenage boatbuild ambition, resulting in a trailable gaff-slooped pocket cruiser
Bunty B anchored off Brodick Castle, Isle of Arran. Credit: Chris ComerieYou may wonder why a home-built boat was preferable to the hundreds of vessels both new and used out there in the marketplace.
But, for me this was more than just about getting a boat to go sailing.
My father was a keen boatman and owned a small sailing yacht while he was posted with the Royal Air Force in Egypt during World War II...
Los episodios de polvo sahariano parece que ahora son más frecuentes. En 2022 hubo bastantes episodios de calima, algunos intensos. El cambio climático traerá más entradas de aire cálido y algunas de estas invasiones irán acompañadas de partículas del desierto del Sahara.
En la Península Ibérica, alrededor del 30% de los días del año hay cierta presencia de polvo en suspensión en el sureste peninsular...
Brian Johnson converts his interior boat lamps to dual intensity LEDs
The finished lamp minus shade. The 3-way switch works with ‘dim’ upwards, ‘off’ in central position and ‘bright’ downwards. Credit: Brian JohnsonDIY installation of LED boat lights
Ever been annoyed that your interior reading lights are too bright or too dim? writes Brian Johnson
If so, join the club!
I’ve tried many different bulbs but nothing seems to be the right intensity for doing different things either in harbour or...
Following a white knuckle marina rescue of three boats during Storm Eunice, Gilbert Park experiences two fairer weather towing adventures
Credit: Jake KavanaghTwo more boat rescues – this time without a big storm – were to teach me a lesson in towing.
The first occurred when I went away for a few days in my former boat, a Trusty T23, just before Easter.
I spent the night of Good Friday at anchor in ...
For most of the 1980s we owned Dodieva, a 35-foot, Sparkman & Stephens-designed weekender sloop built in 1939. Dodieva had spent the winter in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts and in the spring of 1986 my partner in the boat, Paul and his wife Carol, sailed her from the Vineyard to Padanaram, where I met them for […]
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Andrew Bishop tells Ali Wood how an accident at sea led to a career organising cruising rallies
Andrew Bishop has been managing the World Cruising Club since 1999. Credit: World Cruising ClubAndrew Bishop, former managing director of the World Cruising Club (WCC), has revealed that a close-call on his first...
Rupert Holmes looks at the advances of sat comms and how they are becoming more affordable for the average boater
Garmin inReach Mini Price: £379.99 Contact: garmin.comDevelopments in satellite communications used to move at a glacial pace, but the landscape is now changing rapidly.
This started with small devices that bring sat comms to a much wider audience.
Many UK anchorages and estuaries have little or no mobile phone reception, so even if you never sail abroad these devices are still useful for keeping in touch....
Dave and Karen Proctor make a boat mosquito net for their companionway
Mosquito net in place on Vegabond’s companionway. Credit: Dave and Karen ProctorBoat mosquito net to keep the insects at bay
Following a life-altering illness, Karen, my long-suffering wife, and I decided to move to eastern Spain where we could actually afford to retire, writes Dave Proctor.
After a few years we were attracted to...
Will Bruton takes on the challenge of skippering a yacht shadowing a swimmer on a very slow cruise up the west coast of Britain
The Bavaria 38 Crews Control was Jasmin Harrison’s support vesselHow I skippered a boat shadowing a long distance swimmer
There’s an adage that has kept me sailing safely for 10 years. It’s simple: “Keep the people in and the water out”.
So when Jasmine Harrison asked me to skipper her Bavaria 38 Crews Control while she swam alongside it, the idea immediately went against...
