James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, draining the water from the primary fuel filter
Chris Beeson
Things to practise in harbour – setting storm sails
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, setting storm sails
VIDEO: Sailing and free diving with orcas
Wonderful footage of orcas and other whales hunting in shallow waters in northern Norway from Barba, a Jeanneau Sun Fast 37
USED BOAT: Colvic Countess 33
The Colvic Countess 33 offers a lot of living space in a full-bodied hull. But how does she sail? Duncan Kent reports on a bilge-keeled ketch version
Things to practise in harbour – understanding MOB and lifesaving kit
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week, understanding your lifesaving kit
A cruising guide to the Rías Baixas
Just beyond Biscay lies a glorious coast rarely explored by British cruisers. After cruising there, Chris Beeson urges the valiant to be a pilgrim and to visit the Rías Baixas…
INTERVIEW: Mutiny crew Conrad Humphreys, and leader Anthony Middleton
British round the world yachtsman explains how he prepared, and fared, on this ‘lunatic endeavour’, a 4,000-mile trip across the South Pacific in an open boat
Things to practise in harbour – cleaning the strumbox
James Stevens explains which skills are best to perfect while you have plenty of time to do so. This week: locating and cleaning the strumbox
Lundy, Bristol Channel
Lundy is a bird-watcher’s paradise with its own particular character, but mind the swell, says Jonty Pearce
VIDEO: Mutiny! Channel 4 recreates legendary small boat journey
‘SAS: Who Dares Wins’ frontman Anthony Middleton leads a nine-man team including round the world yachtsman Conrad Humphreys on Bligh’s 4,000-mile voyage to safety