Yachting Monthly August 2010
On sale: Thu, 29 Jul 2010
CRUISING
The man who sailed for three years without stepping ashore! We jump aboard Reid Stowe's home-built, gaff-rigged schooner as he returns home after 1,152 days at sea
Destinations: St Vaast
Local knowledge, pilotage tips, berthing and shoreside guide for Normandy's prettiest port
Cruise the Solent in company
Andrew Brooke joins the UK's first flotilla holiday - around the Solent!
Sail the Celtic Sea
James Jermain enjoys a rough ride in the Triangle Race, taking in England, France and Ireland
Trailboat slipway guide
Five favourite launching spots in the West Country
Me and my chart table
Phil Shannon, second coxswain on the £2.7m Tamar class RNLI lifeboat at Sennen Cove, near Land's End
SAILING SKILLS
Anchoring under sail
Tom Cunliffe shows how to master this useful skill
'Our Atlantic rescue from a sinking yacht'
Two couples saved as their yacht begins taking on water in a storm
Skipper's tips
Car adjustment
Value of a trysail
How to forecast fog
Professional weather forecaster Simon Keeling on predicting fog
A question of seamanship
An unmanoeuvrable yacht and a tight berth: what's the answer?
Taking lines ashore
This handy mooring skill explained
Any questions?
Burgee etiquette
Tide clocks
BOATS AND GEAR
Know your kit
Tips for using slow Internet aboard
Modern easy-care winches
The latest sail-trimming technology
Gear test: liferaft repair kits
Do they work at sea? We find out
Used boat test: Dufour 36
Is this an ideal family cruiser?
New boat test: C-Yacht 10.50
A Dutch centre cockpit 36-footer
New gear, tried and tested
We assess a radar enhancer and look at the latest marine kit
REGULARS
View from the helm
Cruising news
Letters
Readers' views and opinions
Libby Purves
The joy of a faster yacht
Tom Cunliffe
'A Seagull outboard saved my marriage!'
Nigel Calder
How to prevent saildrive corrosion
The Confessional
Readers own up to their sailing sins
