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

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

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

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

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

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

Cabrillo Beach, alternatively known as Hurricane Gulch, at San Pedro, California, is where I learned to sail on a yellow Laser named Thetis and where I experimented with DIY sails. The Laser was given ...

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 ...

When I first set foot on a yacht, or rather crawled, I was just a matter of months old, writes Richard Thomson. There’s a picture of the occasion, but I was a little young to remember it. Instead, my ...

Many people are nervous about drying out or taking the ground. After all, boats are supposed to float, not sit on the hard, unforgiving seabed. But you can safely take the ground in almost any boat – ...

“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 ...

The lithium-ion battery has enabled so much of the portable tech we take for granted today, from laptops, mobile phones, small VHF handheld radios, portable GPS, to electric cars and bikes. But these ...