Hunter Channel News Today

English Channel boats do not need to be big, just seaworthy. Duncan Kent recommends some suitable 20-to-40 footers, both sail and power

Duncan Kent shares his pick of the best sail and motor boats under 40ft for cruising and sailing around the UK

Peter Poland looks at the history of popular sail boat rigs and how the different types affect the performance of your boat

Peter Poland shortlists the best boats under £50,000 in a growing stock of pre-loved sailing yachts, featuring varied design trends…

Peter Poland shares his expertise on the best 30 foot British-built second-hand boats costing less than £30,000, which are comfortable and seaworthy

Peter Poland picks out some of the best cruising boats under 30 feet, arguably the ideal size for coastal and occasional offshore sailing

Knowing mental arithmetic shortcuts can make calculating your course to steer quick and simple, says RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Peter Strike

When she was launched in 2003, the Sadler 290 was probably the roomiest and most powerful 29ft twin-keeler ever built – and David Harding reckons she still is

Yachting Monthly 0shares Updating your instruments, and the data you can see on them, neednt cost the earth. Sam Fortescue investigates how to upgrade your boats tech without spending a fortune Older boats have instruments of varying ages. Getting old to talk to new isnt straightforward. Credit: Graham Snook/Yachting Monthly All but a hardy bunch of self-confessed minimalist sailors would probably agree that they would like to modernise their boat by adding some ext...

Practical Boat Owner David Harding reports on the Hunter Ranger 245, which later became the Channel 245 Back in 2012, I went for a spin on the Hunter Channel 245 – a robust and chunky little cruiser that punched above her weight in lots of ways. Here was a boat with a hull length of just 23ft (7m) that offered up to six berths, an enclosed heads, a separate aft cabin, a chart table (often not found on much larger boats these days), full standing headroom for a six-footer, ...