CRUISING

• LAYING UP & HULL CARE
  20 TIPS FOR LAYING UP ASHORE
  Dave Pugh suggests ways to prepare your boat for winter

• TIPS FOR STAYING AFLOAT
  Staying in? Here?s what you?ll need to do

• OSMOSIS: THE QUEST FOR A CURE
  Simon Jinks goes down to the yard to see how osmosis is treated ? PLUS: the diary of an osmosis victim
  
  
• ZEN & THE ART OF YACHT MAINTENANCE
  Yachts have strange powers that can change the way their owners see the world, says Charlie Doane

• A CLUB ON THE OCEAN WAVE
  The Ocean Cruising Club celebrates a remarkable 50 years

• DESTINATIONS: LES SABLES D?OLONNE
  The epic Vendée Globe race starts in this friendly port which welcomes yachtsmen of all sorts

• BETWEEN TWO CONTINENTS
  Mary Neate sails between Europe and Asia as she explores the Sea of Marmara

• ALL QUIET IN THE WESTERN APPROACHES
  James Jermain reports from the YM Biscay Triangle rally

• LOOK WHAT THE CAT?S DRAGGED IN
  Life becomes complicated for Carol O?Shea when she and her husband tow a monohull with their catamaran

• BLUE WATER LETTER
  Niki Perryman discovers that Auckland lives up to its reputation as the ?City of Sails?

BOATS & GEAR

• NEW BOAT TEST: SABRE 386
  James Jermain gives his verdict on this top-end cruiser from the USA

• BENEATH THE RADIO WAVES
  Waterproof handheld VHF radios on test

• DSC RADIO COURSE
  What?s involved in gaining your radio operator?s ticket?

• NO MORE ANTIFOULING?
  SCRAPING THE BOTTOM
  Dick Durham sees his hull coated with a new copper treatment that is guaranteed for fi ve years

• SOUTHAMPTON?S TOP THREE BOATS
  BEST IN SHOW
  Three YM writers track down their favourite starter, coastal and bluewater boats

• NEW BOATS & GEAR AT THE SHOW
  A round-up of the newest boats and gear at Southampton

• SURVEY! SURVEY! SURVEY!
  Living on board in your twenties: Paul Jeffes helps a young couple pick a liveaboard boat for £35,000.

• BATTLE OF THE COCKPITS
  What should you weigh up when considering the pros and cons of aft and centre cockpits?

SAILING SKILLS

• A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
  The chartplotter has given up the ghost but you?ve got a fi x on a couple of towers. Should you push on?

• STEP-BY-STEP PONTOON SOLUTIONS
  Fine-tuning pontoon manoeuvres

• CUNLIFFE ON CRUISING
  Tom Cunliffe refl ects on a stormy summer

• LEARNING CURVE
  Ian Thomson fails to take his own advice and goes overboard in mid-Atlantic

• CHARTWORK
  Nigel Calder on lighthouses and leading lights

• RADAR CLASS
  What action should you take when a risk of collision exists?

• ANY QUESTIONS?
  Your cruising queries answered

EVERY MONTH

• EDITORIAL
  View from the helm
• READERS? SERVICES
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• OPENING SHOT
  Hurricane Ivan causes cruising chaos
• ON WATCH
  The latest sailing news
• READERS? LETTERS
  Your right to reply
• LIBBY PURVES: THIS CRUISING LIFE
  Are your electronics conspiring against you?
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• COMPETITION
  Win an alarm system worth £850
• NEXT MONTH
  What?s coming up in December?s issue
• AROUND THE COAST
  News from our team of local correspondents
• CONFESSIONAL
  Owning up to your sailing sins