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

Peter Poland reflects on pulling out the lead line, lobbing a Walker log over the stern and unpacking a sextant versus modern sailing gear

Yachting Monthly 0shares Roger Taylor navigates his engineless 24ft Mingming II on a 4,000 mile nonstop voyage around the usually icebound waters of the Arctic A single unstayed mast and panelled junk-rig sail give Mingming II a flexible sailplan, all controlled from inside the main hatch. Credit: Bertie Milne Credit: Bertie Milne Small boat cruiser Roger Taylor shares his solo voyage into the uncharted Arctic The breeze was by now fresh, the sea a dark indigo, and there we were, almost at the top of world, little more than 500 miles from the North Pole, sailing ga...

Yachting Monthly 0shares Katy Stickland chooses 25 modern cruising sailors who have inspired others to throw off the bowlines and explore by sail Like many of us, Thom D’Arcy dreamed of sailing over the horizon. He has now completed a circumnavigation of the world aboard his Vancouver 28. Credit: Thom D'Arcy When you think of sailing heroes you automatically think of those skippers who achieved ‘firsts’. Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, Dame Ellen MacArthur, Sir Francis Chichester, Dame Naomi James and Bernard Moitessier, to name just a few, would all feature on suc...