Replacing an aging mainsheet track requires careful planning, custom track bending, and selecting the right hardware.

Boating access to the popular Dorset sailing spot could be threatened unless more skippers pay to use the eco mooring buoys.

We tested the latest marine navigation app options for tablets and smart phones to find out what works best, and which ...

"Eye opening" with "life-saving insights", the Cruising Club of America has published the most comprehensive examination of yacht to yacht rescues ever done ...

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is asking skippers and other maritime users to help inform the future affordability of ...

Everyone on board a leisure boat 6m or less in length that is under way in New Zealand must now wear a properly-fitted ...

What should you do when you catch a line or fishing net and your prop becomes fouled? Ali Wood looks at the options A fouled propeller is every sailor’s nightmare. Whether snagged suddenly in the ...

Living in a world of power-hungry electronics, windvane self-steering is an appealing concept. Instead of steering to a compass course, you steer the boat to the wind, thanks to a mechanical vane ...

Electric engines in boats are nothing new; in fact, they have been around for over 185 years, ever since German-Russian inventor Moritz von Jacobi demonstrated his 24ft/7.3m passenger boat on the Neva ...

“The strops on the crane broke and Big C was dropped onto the concrete; it was smashed, causing irreparable damage,” says Andrew Bedwell. “I was a bumbling mess, and everything came out: the grief ...

Sailing solo isn’t just for the elite Vendée Globe athletes or the sailing loners of the Golden Globe Race, writes Ian Herbert-Jones. It’s an adventure waiting for anyone with the drive to challenge ...

When we bought Elisabeth, our Nautor’s Swan 43ft ketch, in 2006 she was already nearly 30 years old. At the time we bought her the deck had just been repaired, sanded and oiled. It did not appear to ...