Which online resources do you recommend?

THE BIG QUESTION

QWhilst we’re all stuck at home does anyone at YM have an idea of good online yacht maintenance resources?

David Dawson

ABecause of the very broad topic and the specialist nature of much of the work, we at the RYA have specifically avoided the creation of any official or RYA affiliated courses into maintenance. However, we do offer the RYA Yacht Maintenance book, which can be purchased digitally.

Richard Falk – Director of training an qualifications at the RYA

Beyond officially recognised sources, Yachting Monthly’s website has a range of articles on yacht maintenance as well as much more. It’s always worth looking up the Youtube channels of some of the biggest yacht kit brands. Harken has a series on their channel which is hugely informative on deck gear maintenance, for example. Others have similar.