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PILOTAGE SWAPPING STUDLAND FOR SWANAGE

Studland's valuable anchorage is now a no-anchor zone, so Ken Endean looks at alternatives

TECHNICAL THE FUTURE OF CRUISING YACHTS

Predicting the future is never easy, but Patrick Dixon's job is to do just that. As a liveaboard sailor, he shares his ideas about what lies in store for yacht design

Why sailors love a good problem

Never underestimate that for some boat-owners (though not necessarily their crews or partners), it is the maintaining and problem-solving that form half the satisfaction. Especially the latter: a puzzle is always satisfying.

MY BEAUTIFUL BALTIC

Niklas Sandström grew up next to the Baltic Sea and has witnessed how it has changed. His article was runner up in the 2022 Brian Black Memorial Award

'SHOULD WE CONTINUE OR SAIL BACK FOR HELP?'

A collision and a fouled prop put Amanda and Victor Tettmar in a tricky situation mid-Channel, surrounded by shipping with night falling

TECHNICAL VHF ANTENNAS

The range and effectiveness of your yacht's radio communication depends on the dimensions, position and quality of your VHF antenna.

Extend your stay in Europe

Dancing the Schengen Shuffle' is a new challenge for British sailors in the Mediterranean and elsewhere in Europe. Mike Morgan looks at how to keep sailing beyond 90 days

FIRST TEST GT325

A boat that dares to do things differently, the GT325 blends elements of the old and the new to remarkable effect

A full-on 50th Fastnet Race

Saturday 22 July dealt up a wild start for the record entry 430 yachts taking part in the 50th Rolex Fastnet Race

LIVING HISTORY

A NEW REGATTA FOR CLASSIC YACHTS AIMS TO RECREATE THE FAMOUS ERA OF THE BRITISH 'BIG CLASS'. DAN HOUSTON JOINS THE RICHARD MILLE CUP

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE AMBITIOUS CHANGES, SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

NIKKI HENDERSON

SPINNAKER SAILING SHOULD BE SOMETHING YOU LEARN FROM THE VERY START

SPECIAL REPORT

JAMES FREDERICK ON CRUISING NEW ZEALAND

MASTERCLASS

RACHAEL SPROT ON MANOEUVRING UNDER POWER

LAND SOF FOUR KINGS

A YEAR CRUISING INDONESIA IS A CHANCE TO EXPLORE DESERTED ISLANDS AND UNFORGETTABLE UNDERWATER LIFE FOR CATHERINE LAWSON

MULTIPLE СНОIСЕ

GETTING A MULTIHULL READY FOR A BIG BLUEWATER ADVENTURE REQUIRES THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT CHOICE AND SPEC LEVEL. WE GET REAL-LIFE ADVICE ON HOW TO PRIORITISE

PLUS ÇA CHANGE

THE 2023 EDITION OF THE OCEAN RACE WAS ALL CHANGE FOR THIS HISTORIC EVENT. HELEN FRETTER GETS THE INSIDE STORY FROM THE TEAMS AT THE FINISH IN GENOA

EXTRAORDINARY BOATS

HELEN FRETTER ON TRIMARAN TRINITY

TURN UP THE VOLUME

DUFOUR HAS JUST CHANGED THE GAME WITH HOW MUCH BOAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO GET IN A 40-FOOTER BUT IS THAT A GOOD THING?

WORLD'S FASTEST NELSON?

I’ve always had a thing about Nelson 40s. The first one I bought back in the mid-1980s was an ex-Abu Dhabi police launch that could only be described as a wreck. I found it lurking at the back of an industrial boatyard on Hayling Island. In fact there were two of them but one had a Nelson- shaped hole in the side from a previous encounter with its stablemate. Even the undamaged one was in a right old state; the hull was delaminated, the superstructure was rotten, it was full of water and none of its systems or fittings were salvageable – not even the machine gun mounting points on the flybridge and foredeck. More’s the pity – there were times when they could have come in handy on a summer’s day in the Solent!

AEGEAN ADVENTURE

Thomas and Jutta Kittel continue their cruise from Albania via Corfu to the Ionian islands of Lefkas, Sami and Zakynthos

BALLISTIC XP80

Is Ballistic's new XP80 really \"The Ultimate Adventure RIB\"? We head to Trafalgar Wharf in Portsmouth to test its mettle

How to design modifications for your boat

Yacht designer lan Nicolson explains how to make changes to living space on board

Long-haul cruising CHECKLIST

Jimmy Cornell boils down decades' worth of world cruising surveys to find the factors that affect voyage success

Do I need my vessel re-certified?

Surveyor Ben Sutcliffe-Davies gives his advice on the implications to be considered when making changes to your boat

Build your kit boat like an expert

Polly Robinson shares her best practice for constructing a boat from a pre-cut kit, and how to troubleshoot potential problems

How to fit your own autopilot

Gilbert Park shows how he installed a new autopilot on his Trusty T23 motorboat

Routing in tide

Professional meteorologist and expert sailor Chris Tibbs explains how to navigate more efficiently through tidal waters

Death of the compass?

Navigation-what's hot and what's not

Boats for cruising around the UK

Duncan Kent chooses the best sail and motor boats under 40ft for circumnavigating the islands of Britain and Ireland