Yaahting consisted of a number of short pieces lampooning typical examples of nautical journalism: self-congratulatory how-to pieces, "How to Walk Down a Dock," "Restoring the Buzzards Bay 23," and "At Last--A Real Instant Boat;" fawning interviews of famous yachtsmen, "Hog Wild in Wallenda" and "Tom Blackballer Looks Ahead;" and fatuous cruising tales, "Hearth of Darkness," "Cruising the Persian Gulf," and "A Perfect Cruising World."

Artwork included contributions by Jan Adkins, Don Demers, Robert Forget, and Jeremy Ross.

Several famous figures in the sailing world of the 1980s served as photographic models, including Tom Blackaller and Robby Doyle.

Roughly 30,000 copies of Yaahting were produced and were sold directly by Dreadnaught as well as through bookstores and Nauticalia dealers.

Yaahting was an example of the parody genre that flourished in the 1970s and '80s, inspired by other magazine send-ups produced by The Harvard Lampoon and others.