Ten years on and still mastering the standing lug sail
"Ten years on and I'm still getting to grips with my standing lug sail!" Steve Parke comments on the art of dinghy sailing and why it continues to challenge him after these years.
Passage Plan Change: Tales of Mice and Men
In the next episode of Sandpiper, our liveaboard couple decided to sail back the way they came due to 2020 travel restrictions in Ireland.
Find your sense of adventure with the RYA Dinghy Cruising Trails
RYA has launched their Dinghy Cruising Trails initiative. Follow the six map guides for wonderful day's on the water and enter your own trail map ideas!
Peters & May help return UK Boats to owners to avoid post-Brexit tax penalties
Peters & May is providing additional Mediterranean sailings and expert advice to aid cost-effective yacht repatriation
Universal Yachting Pop Up Sailing Days - Post Lockdown Fun
Universal Yachting are working hard to make sailing more accessible post lockdown this year.
River Dinghy Cruising Tips
‘Accidental’ groundings, ‘backward sailing’ on meander bends and becalmings in deceptive wind shadow areas provided novice dinghy cruiser, Steve Parke, with plenty of ‘challenging learning’ as he sailed up some local tidal rivers. Here, he shares some ‘hard-won’ tips for other relatively inexperienced tidal river cruisers.
New Direct Load Pins from Cyclops Marine
The latest product from Cyclops Marine, Digital Direct Load Pins. Giving sailors race-winning data that is suitable for all yachts of all sizes.
Storm Francis - A Gale with No Postcode
Strangford Lough and its tides were our next adventure, an exciting opportunity to explore a sea loch in County Down, Northern Ireland. Sometimes I laugh, and sometimes I could cry at all the tale’s
Looking the part on the water
In my youth I sailed for a very successful skipper on board a Contessa 32 out of Levington, winning various trophies from Burnham week to various Haven ports races, all in the early 1980s and still a schoolboy.