Features

• View from the bridge
  Tom Cunliffe boards a 66,590-ton container ship for a pilot’s-eye view of navigating the Solent 36 Snow’s ARC Newsman Peter Snow sails in the 2001 Atlantic rally for cruisers. Son Dan reports on a triumph despite Dad’s pessimistic predictions
  
  
• Secret diaryof a twin-hull
  Carol O’Shea and her husband cast off for an entertaining journey to the West Country
  
  
• Which chart plotter?
• Seven monochrome plotters put to the test by YM’s Simon Jinks and Toby Hodges
• Run to the sun
  South African Mike Kopman gets his first taste of British homewaters, sailing across Biscay in YM’s Rally Portugal

• Volvo dummy
  Toby Hodges accepts an invitation to sail a Whitbread 60 on the last leg of the Volvo Ocean race

• Destinations: Bristol
  Peter Cumberlidge rides the Bristol Channel tides to discover a city rich in maritime heritage – with good marinas and exciting new architecture

• Little voyagers
  After nine years of blue water sailing with his family, Colin Lowe gives an insight into the joys of cruising with children

• French island hopping – part 5
  The climate heats up as Ken Endean travels south to Ile d’Yeu

• Southampton Boat Show 2002 preview
  The YM team reports on the new gear and new boats that will be at the show

• Stability curves
  In part three of his comprehensive study, Andrew Blyth explains RM and GZ curves
  

Sailing Skills

• A Question of Seamanship
  Rules of the road

• Learning Curve
  Anchor dragging in a hurricane-force squall

• Mini quiz
  Win an ICOM hand-held VHF radio

• The lifting hitch
  By Geoffrey Budworth

• Sea Sense with Des Sleightholme
  Prepare for engine breakdown?

• Yachtmaster Class
  Tom Cunliffe on how the stand-on boat should sometimes give way

• Better Boat Handling
  Simon JInks on MOB procedures
  

On Test

• B&G h1000 upgrade
  James Jermain reports on Brookes & Gatehouse’s new h1000 electronic instrument system

• Etap 37
  A well thought-out, unsinkable offshore cruiser is put to the test in 45 knots of wind in the Med

Every Month

• Editorial
• On Watch
• Readers’ letters
• Any Questions?
• YM subscriptions
• Next Month and YM books
• Libby Purves
• New nautical books
• Blue Water Letter
  Colin Lowe sails up through the Caribbean island chain

• Blue Water Postscript
  A unique tale of loss and survival

• New Gear
• A-Z of second-hand boats
  Continuing with the Js, YM sheds light on Jeanneau’s ‘sun’ range

• Around the Coast
• Property A window on Wales
  
  
• The Confessional
  Readers’ sailing sins