Sailing skills
Expert overboard
How to rescue crew who are much heavier than you
Skipper’s tips
- Plotting a Metmap
- Charter boat checks
- Snag-free lazyjacks
- Safety for self-tailers…
Practical seamanship
12 hassle- busting tips for solo skippers
Learning curve
Hanging by a thread: how a false economy nearly lost a cruising family their boat
A question of seamanship
‘Is there any point in leaving early?’ Passage plan for sea breezes and odd tides
Any questions?
- How to stop prop fouling?
- Which mainsheet?
- How to avoid ‘boat odour’ on clothes?
Cruising
Yuletide afloat
Mike Peyton tells the stories of hapless sailors who became
subjects for his Christmas cards
Pilotage: Easy wild cruising
Exploring Sweden’s pocket wilderness, the Stockholm Archipelago
Home waters: Between two rivers
Pottering on the Deben and Blackwater
Adventure
‘I scared away pirates COVER with a shotgun!’ A redoubtable skipper STORY on a round-the-world cruise
Anchorages
South Ireland’s best- kept secret and a real desert island
Cruising log
Readers’ cruising yarns from home waters to the Caribbean
The Simplist
Colin Jarman’s canny approach to technology on board
Boats & Gear
Me & my boat: Legend 36
She’s very comfy in port, but how STORY does she handle heavy weather?
New gear
What a sailor really wants for Christmas: our festive gift ideas
New boat test: Elan 360
She’s blisteringly quick, but how STORY suitable for cruising?
Tried and tested
- Hydrogen fuel
- Self-setting rubber l Wireless
- High-end galley cooker
New boats
The latest mid-size models from Dufour and Sunbeam
Avoid engine breakdown!
Why diesel bug has become increasingly virulent and how to combat it