Features

• A leap into the Southern Ocean
  In the first of three articles, a family make a mid-summer Southern Ocean passage from Tierra del Fuego to South Georgia in their wooden gaff cutter
  
  
• Wandering the western way
  A taster to Ken Endean?s new nine-part series, Westcoasting, in which he sails his Sabre 27 from the Solent to Stornoway, in the Outer Hebrides

• Charter special: 21 pages of cruising holidays
  The best charter holidays from the Med and beyond ? James Jermain in unspoilt Turkey, Sarah Norbury among the Dalmatian Islands, Caroline Stevens in Greece, Dick Durham with stowaways in Mallorca and Rod Heikell in the Seychelles
  
  
• Destinations: Ouistreham
  Peter Cumberlidge visits Calvados country in the Baie de Seine, with D-day battlefields and the canal to Caen
  
  
• Which budget binocular?
  The YM team focuses on nine pairs of 7×50 waterproof binoculars, costing under £100. Which was the Best Buy
  and which best value for money?
  
  
• Going out with the ARC
  Dick Durham reports from the dockside in Las Palmas on the 17th Atlantic Rally for Cruisers ? and almost stows away for an Atlantic crossing

• 2002 index
  Your comprehensive guide to YM?s in- depth coverage of cruising in foreign and home waters from 2002, plus all the gear tests and equipment reviews listings
  

Sailing Skills

• A Question of Seamanship
  Shorten sail or shorten time at sea?

• Learning Curve ? Fire at sea
  Rory McGouran?s ketch suffers an engine fire off the East Coast
  
  
• Sailing quiz
  Win one of six Gerber EZ Out Rescue Knives, worth £45 each

• Yachtmaster Class
  Maritime mnemonics with Tom Cunliffe
  
  
• Better Boat Handling
  In this second episode on spinnakers, Simon Jinks looks at gybing techniques
  
  
• Knots
  A simple and sturdy stopper knot by Geoffrey Budworth
  
  
• Sea sense
  Des Sleightholme?s tips for safe anchoring
  

On Test

• Sun Odyssey 35
  A seductive price tag and intriguing interior idiosyncrasies accompany this spacious family cruiser. But is she good value? asks James Jermain

• Legend 426
  A large, beamy deck-saloon design with a very spacious interior. But does it compromise performance? James Jermain investigates

Every Month

• Editorial

• On Watch
  The best sailing news pages

• Readers? letters

• YM subscriptions

• Any Questions?
  The solution to smelly deck shoes

• Next month and YM books

• Libby Purves
  Blind date in the boatyard
  
  
• Blue Water Letter
  Niki Perryman in mid-Pacific finds that ?every day is a Sunday?

• A-Z of second-hand boats
  Part one of the Moody listings

• New gear

• Around the Coast

• Property
  An island of your own?

• The Confessional