CRUISING
WANDERERS OF THE WORLD
Thies Matzen cruises the wilds of South Georgia
ALL CHANGE PLEASE
A sneak preview of the new attractions at the London Boat Show
CRUISING COMPANION: DOVER STRAIT
Passage plans and port guides for both sides of the Channel
COVER STORY: 100 BEST SAILING BOOKS
BEST BOOKS FOR BUNKTIME
The best bunkside books ever written
COVER STORY: FRENCH CANALS
RETURN TO THE SEA
Ken Endean cruises north through Britanny’s canals
BLUE WATER LETTER: PERILS IN PARADISE
The South Pacific’s atolls are stunning but hazardous,
says Annie Hill
ADVENTURES IN THE OILSKIN TRADE
How Keith Musto’s success started with an old pair of long johns
COOK’S TOUR
Andrew ‘Aussie’ Bray joins Gipsy Moth IV as she sails in the wake
of Captain Cook from Cairns to Darwin
OCEAN PIONEERS: THE LURE OF FAME
It’s 1870 and two men set sail aboard a 19ft dory in
search of celebrity

SAILING SKILLS
COVER STORY: KITTING OUT YOUR NEXT BOAT
HEY! BIG SPENDER
Tom Cunliffe tots up the extra costs of boat buying
LEARNING CURVE: SHIPWRECK BY INTERNET
A chart found on the web almost costs one couple their boat
SKIPPER’S TIPS
Mainsail trim, tidal heights, fixing the heads and more
QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
Singlehanded with a jammed genoa – what would you do?
ANY QUESTIONS
Am I obliged to help a windsurfer?
What’s so good about carbon?
COVER STORY: DO YOU REALLY NEED TO WORRY?
OSMOSIS: DOES YOUR BOAT NEED
RADICAL SURGERY?
An osmosis diagnosis needn’t mean
a death sentence for your boat

BOATS AND GEAR
NEW BOAT TEST: DELPHIA 37
This fast cruiser from Poland is just different enough, says James Jermain
COVER STORY: ANCHOR TEST
ULTIMATE HOLDING POWER
Fourteen anchors are on trial in YM’s biggest ever test!
COVER STORY: USED CRUISER
Used boat test: Hallberg-Rassy 36
Could this be the boat to take you round the world?
NEW BOATS
Six new boats including the Malö 37 and Cornish Crabber 30
NEW GEAR
A tiny GPS, multi-purpose grease, yacht steps, plotters and more
COVER STORY: ANTIFOUL THAT ATTRACTS WEEDS
FOUL PLAY?
Revealed: the antifoul that acted as a weed magnet

REGULARS
EDITOR’S LOG
View from the helm
OPENING SHOT
Cruising in Chile
NEWS
French flare fines
READERS’ LETTERS
Your views and opinions
LIBBY PURVES
Why some people are immune
to the joys of cruising
CUNLIFFE ON CRUISING
Skydiving cattle set Tom thinking
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AROUND THE COAST
What’s been happening in
your home waters?
CONFESSIONAL
Yachtsmen confess
their sailing sins