Tastes of paradise - YM’s 16-page charter special is packed with no fewer than 20 sailing holiday ideas for you and your family

Special Features

  • The final voyage

    Solo skipper Joe Bass relives the nightmare of losing his boat – and nearly his life – after striking a submerged object in the Caribbean

  • The Lone Ranger

    Dick Durham sails singlehanded – and singlefooted – around the creeks and estuaries of the East Coast

  • Tastes of paradise

    YM’s 16-page charter special is packed with no fewer than 20 sailing holiday ideas for you and your family

    Grecian 2000 – bareboat in the Aegean with Caroline Stevens and family

    Laura meets the Bora – Paul Gelder’s teenage daughter is surprised to discover that a flotilla holiday with mum and dad isn’t so bad after all

    Club class – James Jermain chills out in the Caribbean’s Club Colonna

    Worlds apart, 17 more inspirational destinations and holiday ideas, from Alaska to Zanzibar

  • Destinations

    Peter Cumberlidge finds a dash of Continental chic in the Devon resort of Torquay

    Sail power – split rigs

    Peter Nielsen looks at ways of dividing the sail plan to ease the strain for shorthanded crews

  • Technicolor coats

    Top tips for painting topsides

  • Win a ‘4,000 paint job!

    Your chance to have your topsides professionally repainted in Toplac by International Coatings

  • Sports personality

    The Dehler 39: a spectacular looking yacht with exhilarating performance

  • Computers at sea

    Tim Bartlett’s byte-size guide to hardware and software for your boat
  • The tail of the black rat

    Lesley Wilkes plays cat and mouse with a stowaway rodent that just wouldn’t say die…

  • Sailing skills

    Question of Seamanship

    Learning Curve

    Des Sleightholme’s Sea Sense

    Tom Cunliffe’s Yachtmaster Class

    Quick Tips

    Pilotage Quiz – win a GPS