Cruising
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40 FAVOURITE SAILORS’ PUBS
Britain’s best town quay taverns, inns with pontoons, anchorage
alehouses and some splendid ‘food pubs’ that you can sail your
yacht to, reviewed by the YM team and The Good Food Guide

THE REAL ROBINSON CRUSOE ISLAND
Susan Payne and family make landfall on the castaway’s island some 470 miles off the Pacific coast of Chile

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SECRETS OF THE SOUTH COAST
Fair-weather havens revealed – Ken Endean explores four hidden gems between Plymouth and the Isle of Wight

A SUMMER IN ATLANTIS
Hammerhead sharks in the harbour and a bull on the loose. Peter Stothert reports on a cruise to the Azores

ATLANTIC DEBUTANTES
From one family with an eight-month child to empty-nesters,
the ARC encourages all sorts to make their first Atlantic crossing

Sailing skills
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EXPERT ON BOARD – BOW THRUSTERS
Bow thrusters make all the difference when berthing short-handed

LEARNING CURVE
A North Sea ‘hurricane’ turns a buoy-hopping passage in Riddle of the Sands country into a real-life thriller for Alastair Buchan

SKIPPER’S TIPS
Advice for seasick crew, spreader chafe, fuel gauges, and more

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
You know the river well, but you have never tackled it at night…

ANY QUESTIONS
Buying your first boat, weather books, earthing, DIY biminis

Boats and gear
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SOUTHERLY 38 – NEW BOAT TEST
Has she got what it takes to lead Britain’s biggest boatbuilder
through the recession? Chris Beeson climbs aboard to find out

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9 OUTBOARDS ON TEST
The latest small outboards are put through their paces

BAVARIA 32 – USED BOAT TEST
How do these budget boats stand the test of time?

BOAT SHOW REPORT
The news, the views and Kelly Brook’s opening speech

NEW GEAR
New oilies, new instruments and revolutionary anti-foul

NEW BOATS
The Hallberg-Rassy 372, a British high-tech classic, and more

A-Z OF USED BOATS
Charting four decades of Dufour

Regulars
Editor’s Log
Down the hatch: YM’s top pubs

Opening shot
Wally Nano: beauty or beast?

News
Row over ‘rotting’ legendary boat

Readers’ letters
Your views and opinions

Libby Purves
Unswayed by canting rig

Cunliffe on Cruising
From GMT to PMT and beyond

Nigel Calder
Wind generators

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Around the coast
Big expansion for Dover Marina, Fowey harbourmaster gets an
MBE

The Confessional
Yachtsmen confess their sailing sins