I was past the point of no return when the steering failed

Richard Ayres makes his first Mayday call when his yacht is dismasted and prop fouled close to the Manacle rocks

Paul Dale recounts the lessons he learned rebuilding his Dufour 41 Alexa on the devastated Caribbean island of Grenada in 2004

Stephanie Jones talks to the skippers in the 2025/26 Mini Globe Race to find out...

Andrew Simpson looks at pendulum servo self-steering gears, and describes how to get the best out of them

When Stuart Robinson decided to rebuild his 1997 Hinckley Picnic Boat, he wasn’t going to settle for anything less than the full works

John Willis explains the consequences of cresting a bigger-than-expected wave while helming his 25ft motorboat