''Yachting Monthly'' is a monthly

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about

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published by

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. It is edited by Theo Stocker.

History and profile

At its launch in 1906, from the offices of The Field, ''

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'' reviewed the first issue describing it as, "a substantial and well-illustrated 80-page magazine which really contains something to read". From February 1918 it became the official magazine of the

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, and the name was changed to ''The Yachting Monthly and Magazine of the R.N.V.R'', however the name as simplified to ''Yachting Monthly'' in 1921 The magazine is part of Future PLC and is headquartered in

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Editors

Through its over one hundred year history the magazine has been edited by several people whose significance in the yachting world goes beyond being its editor. This section is not a comprehensive coverage of all editors.

Herbert Reiach

The founding editor, from the publication of the first edition in May 1906 until his death at sea on his yacht on 16th July 1921. Born in Edinburgh around 1873, the son of George Reiach, General Inspector of Scottish Fisheries, he went to school in Edinburgh and had worked as a Naval Architect in Leith, Liverpool and

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with his friend

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. He was an editor at The Field in the late 1890's

Malden Heckstall-Smith

Editor from 1921 to 1926. Brother of Brooke Heckstall-Smith, who wrote the

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entry on Yachting, and as secretary of the

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played a key role in the development of the International Rule. With Charles Nicholson he devised the 5.5metre rule in 1948. He devised the

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of the

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in 1922.

Maurice Griffiths

Editor from 1926 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1967.

Kathleen Palmer

Editor from 1939 to 1945 while Maurice Griffiths was serving in the RNVR.

Des Sleightholme

Editor from 1967 to 1985 He had worked at Yachts and Yachting for 12 years before moving to Yachting Monthly in 1966, becoming editor 6 months later

Andrew Bray

Editor from 1985 to 1992

Geoff Pack

Editor from 1992 to 1997 He had contributed many freelance articles to Yachting Monthly, while working as a Charter Skipper before taking up his editing role.

James Jermain

Editor from 1997 to 1999

Sarah Norbury

Editor from 1999 to 2003

Paul Gelder

Editor from 2003 to 2012 Noted for spearheading the campaign to restore Gipsy Moth IV

Kieran Flatt

Editor from 2012 to 2017

Theo Stocker

The editor from 2017

References

External links

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