YM’s eighth one-day Blue Water Seminar will be held during the Southampton Boat Show on Saturday, 11 September with Blue Water Rallies at the Southampton Institute.

Speakers include Nigel Calder, doyen of boat maintenance, and Alan Haynes, who circumnavigated with the Blue Water Rally with his wife, Jan. The cost is £80 per person or £140 for a couple.

For an application form, send an SAE to Blue Water Seminar, Windsor Cottage, Chedworth, Cheltenham, Glos. GL54 4AA. Tel/Fax: 01285 720904; email: pandarally@aol.com