Features

• Legend in the making?
  
  The Americans are here! Britain’s newest boatbuilder is Legend from the USA, soon to open a factory in Dorset. Peter Nielsen investigates

• A tale of two anchorages
  
  The tropical blue of a West Indian bay and the green, pastoral waters of a Connecticut creek recalled by Tom and Vicky Jackson aboard Sunstone

• ‘Alf’ Afloat
  
  Warren Mitchell, aka Alf Garnett, reveals his passion for sailing. Also, on page 120 he features in a bumpy Biscay crossing in ‘Learning Curve’

• Pirates in paradise
  
  Cruising the Pacific Fred and Jacquie Lockey were boarded by four machete-wielding natives

• Wind generators
  
  Charge your batteries for free! Simon Jinks tests the market-leading wind generators

• Destinations
  
  Concarneau and Port La Forét, two popular ports-of-call on the South Brittany coast

• Carr drives hard and fast
  
  We interview the new RYA Secretary General, Rod Carr. Does he have our cruising interests at heart?

• Solent pleasures
  
  James Jermain reflects on the delights of local waters, often taken for granted

• SSB and Amateur Radio
  
  Everything you need to know about about courses, exams, licences and choosing a long-range radio

• Greek landfall
  
  One young couple’s 3,000 mile passage from Lymington culminates in Greece, via Sardinia and Sicily

• Triple boat test
  
  Can a racing boat make a good cruising boat? Peter Nielsen sails the SJ320, the HOD 35 and Grand Soleil 34.1 to find out if they are really cut out for cruising

• Second-hand focus
  
  The Hustler 30, a rugged cruiser with classic grace

• Family Flotilla
  
  In the wake of Jason’s legendary Argo, a cruise through the Sporades, the Aegean islands north of Athens

• Sailing Skills
• Question of Seamanship
• Learning Curve – a Biscay adventure
• Tom Cunliffe’s Yachtmaster Class-Checking waypoints
• Quick Tips
• Des Sleightholme’s Sea Sense
• Pilotage Quiz – July’s answer

Regulars

• Editorial
• On watch
  
  This month’s news
• Subscriptions
• New boats
• Readers’ letters
• Any questions?
• Coming next month
• YM books – how to order
• Blue water letter
  
  Rod Heikell says we should use our engines less
• Blue water postscript
• Libby Purves
• New Gear
  
  Carbon poles, GPS and charts
• Around the Coast
  
  The latest news from our local correspondents
• Waterside property
• The Confessional Readers own up to their sailing sins