Contents: August 2001 - Yachting Monthly

Features

New generation
handheld GPS What?s the best budget buy? The best value for money and the top performing handheld GPS? Simon Jinks puts 10 sets from £100-£350 to the test
First time across the Channel
On John?s first Channel crossing he took Mike Andrews to give him a practical lesson in GPS use
Sixteen ways to keep your lover
Love me love my boat… Lin and Larry Pardey, a cruising couple whose enduring partnership is legendary, offer advice on how to introduce your partner to sailing
Turkish family charter
Martin Thomas describes how 10 adults and 22 teenagers rediscovered family holidays
Totally Brilliant
Tom Cunliffe signs on aboard the classic 71-year-old Olin Stephens- designed schooner Brilliant for an exhilarating down-Channel run to Kinsale, Ireland
Cherbourg?scountry cousin
Ken Endean reveals a ?secret? anchorage between Cherbourg and Cap de la Hague, Port Racine
Destinations
Dick Durham visits Portsmouth Harbour, leading the way with its imaginative waterfront development and home for this year?s Festival of the Sea
Magical Thailand
In part two of the adventures of Shadowfax, a 33ft long-keeled cruiser en route from Hong Kong to London, the crew arrive in Thailand to discover sea snakes, magic lagoons, The Beach and a mystery rash
Bavaria-the inside story
Peter Nielsen visits Germany?s land-locked prolific boat-builder

On Test

Hanse 311
James Jermain finds this sporty German import hard to beat for value for money
Second-hand boat test
Simon Jinks sails the Sun Shine 36, an early cruiser-racer from Jeanneau, and comes away with a smile on his face
A-Z of second-hand boats
Our essential monthly cut-out- and-keep series. ?C? continues with Catalinas and Contessas.

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