Features

• An expensive lie-in
  Dogged by fog and headwinds in Normandy, Miranda Delmar-Morgan decides to stay in her bunk and runs up a pricey repatriation bill

• Tender moments
  Jack Gush reports on some ?worst-case scenarios with the dinghy?

• Travelling by tube
  The YM team take 13 inflatable yacht tenders around the 2.8m mark with rigid transoms and pick the best budget and premium buys

• Landfalls
  Brothers Graham and David Howett
  sail their Bénéteau First 32 from Essex to Morlaix in North Brittany

• Chagos fever
  Jenni Griffiths reveals what brings cruisers back year after year to these paradise islands in the Indian Ocean

• Black Forest bâteau
  YM visits the world?s biggest automated assembly line for boatbuilding, where Bavaria builds 10 yachts a day

• Cardigan cruising
  In pa rt four of Ken Endean?s Westcoasting passage to Scotland, he crosses Cardigan Bay and calls in at Fishguard

• Destinations: Amble
  The Northumberland town of Amble is the ?last and kindliest port in England?. Toby Hodges finds a friendly welcome on the spectacular Heritage Coast

• Bedazzled by two hulls
  Tony Cotton wanted a boat that would give him a thrill without terrifying his wife.
  James Jermain reports on a catamaran that can survive a Force10 but which is also a comfortable family cruiser

• The travels of Tom Tit
  Mike Phillips borrows a 330 hp truck to haul his 1894 Itchen ferry, Tom Tit, to Norway?s Risør boat festival

• The keel-boltconundrum
  Should you take X-rays of your ageing keel bolts or perform ?open-keel surgery?? Dick Durham finds out and saves £455
  

Sailing Skills

• A Question of Seamanship
  How to tow to a tricky river mooring

• Learning curve
  Experienced cruising couple David and Judy Lomax dragged their Britany anchor for 40 miles off the west coast of Scotland. They share the lessons learned

• Yachtmaster class
  Tom Cunliffe presents a how-and-why guide to heaving-to

• Better Boat Handling
  Simon Jinks on sailing your yacht without a rudder

• Sailing Quiz
  Win one of five Ocean Safety lifejackets, worth up to £159

• Knots
  The shake hands bend

• Sea Sense
  Des Sleightholme on sound signals
  

On Test

• Europa RO330
  This sporty Spanish cruiser has a fine turn of speed, but how much accommodation is sacrificed for those lines?

• Cape Cutter 19
  Hidden beneath the traditional lines of this pretty gaff cutter, Mike Kopman discovers surprising performance

• Second Look
  Dufour?s best-selling Classic 36 is designed for family cruising, but how does she fare in awkward conditions?

Every Month

• Editorial

• On Watch
  The best sailing news pages
  
  
• Readers? letters

• YM Books

• YM subscriptions

• Any Questions?

• Next month

• Libby Purves
  Drunk in charge?

• Blue Water Letter
  
  
• New Gear

• A-Z of second-hand boats
  
• Around the coast

• Property

• The Confessional