CRUISING COVER STORY: DONALD CROWHURST SPECIAL SAILING INTO OBLIVION 40 years after the Golden Globe Race, Dick Durham and Paul Gelder talk to Simon Crowhurst about his father's fateful voyage
QUIET SCOTTISH SOUNDS Ken Endean and family enjoy a peaceful, idyllic cruise from Oban to Kintyre aboard their Sabre 27, London Apprentice
CRAFTY CRUISING Disposable egg cups, storage nets, sail bags and sewing machines - Bob Cooper makes do and mends
WINTER AT EASTER While waiting for spares to repair their furler, Susan Payne and family enjoy Easter Island's cold statues and warm people
THREE MEN IN A BOAT Over a pint or two, John Roberson talks two friends into a round trip from Fowey to the Isle of Wight in a 20ft open boat
BLUE WATER LETTER Andy and Ulla jump ship in Brazil to cruise a remote part of the Amazon basin
AROUND THE CORNER Kieran Flatt short-cuts Ushant to take his 28ft sloop from Brittany's Channel coast into the Bay of Biscay
THOUGHTS AT ANCHOR A dream anchorage turns into a claustrophobic nightmare
SAILING SKILLS COVER STORY: MAST CLIMBING MADE EASY EXPERT ALOFT There's more than one way to climb a mast...
SKIPPER'S TIPS On-deck navigation, impassable passages and more
A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP Can you share a mooring without making problems for yourself?
KNOCKDOWN IN PARADISE When their Ovni 385 was rolled in the Caribbean, it was 30 years' shared cruising experience that got the Balducci's back on track
ANY QUESTIONS? Keeping kids safe on board, drying out, and bumper blooms
BOATS AND GEAR COVER STORY: BRITISH HUNTER LINK 30 NEW BOAT TEST: NO DOUBTING THOMAS David Thomas, designer of many of Britain's best-loved boats, is back with a new 30-footer inspired by gentlemen's racing
LIBERTY BELLE After a lifetime of short-handed sailing, Geoff Hales has settled on the Liberty 23. Jeremy Evans finds out why
NEW GEAR Onboard intercom, stick-on stainless steel anti-chafe pads, LEDs and more. Ben Meakins cherry-picks the best new gear
COVER STORY: MULTI-TOOL TEST THE GOOD KNIFE Screw loose? Lost your nut? A good multi-tool absolves a multitude of maintenance sins. Chris Beeson tests 18 models
A-Z OF USED BOATS We take a look at the past and craft of two favourite marques from the 1970s, Contessa and Contest
REGULARS EDITOR'S LOG View from the helm
OPENING SHOT Fife and Herreshoff's masterpieces- a grand spectacle in the Solent
NEWS The secrets of Olympic success
READERS' LETTERS Your views and opinions
LIBBY PURVES On the homeland's Cape Horns
CUNLIFFE ON CRUISING Foul weather friends
NIGEL CALDER'S TECH TALK Manuals - information indigestion
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AROUND THE COAST RYA bottles on boat bridge
THE CONFESSIONAL Yachtsmen confess their sailing sins
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