Yachting Monthly

SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

THIS MONTH’S EXPERTS

TIMOTHY LONG sailed a Hunter Impala around the UK solo at the age of 15 and is now looking for support for a Solitaire du Figaro campaign in 2024

MIRANDA DELMAR MORGAN is an Ocean Yachtmaster, delivery skipper and author. She has logged more than 100,000 miles and owns a Hallberg Rassy 42

JUSTIN MORTON is a former RYA instructor. He went from full-time sailing to a career in the Marines, and didn’t buy his first yacht until after he retired

OLIVER PERKINS wrote Reading the Clouds when he was just 15, and races dinghies nationally. He currently sails the family’s Beneteau Oceanis 361

BEN SUTCLIFFE- DAVIES is a chartered surveyor and. He has been working in the marine industry for many years and owns a Moody

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