Features

• Shanghaied to Lisbon
  
  YM’s Paul Gelder goes for a daysail to Falmouth with Tony Bullimore on his 102ft catamaran and steps ashore five days and 1,200 miles later – in Lisbon

• The Big Antifouling Test
  
  We put ten eroding antifouling paints to the test. The results were surprising

• Adrift in Vanuatu
  
  In a lava! Jenni Griffiths and the crew of Blue Shadow of Mauritius find themselves adrift at the foot of an active South Pacific volcano

• One couple
  
  and their boat Small is beautiful for Brian and Helen who live aboard their 28ft Bruce Roberts Slocum Spray

• A-Z of second-hand
  
  boats The first part of our essential guide to popular second-hand cruisers

• Port Diélette
  
  Peter Cumberlidge heads for the snug harbour of Dielette, a village on the Cherbourg peninsula at the gateway to the Channel Islands

• Where to find weather
  
  Miles Kendall investigates new ways to find a weather forecast – from the internet to mobile phones and Navtex

• St Kilda for the day
  
  Armed with a live-aboard chef, whiskey and wine, Brian Black and his crew sail to the remote Scottish islands

• Boat Show review
  
  The YM team look at the latest technological developments and nautical innovations on display at Earls Court Boat Show

• Buyers’ Guide
  
  James Jermain looks at shoal-draught keel arrangements

• East meets West
  
  David Jefferson discovers a water wonderland hidden behind the Iron Curtain for over 40 years when he visits East Germany for a Great Lakes charter

On test

• Franchini 37L
  
  Peter Nielsen sails the smallest in a line of Italian deck saloon yachts

• Roanna
  
  An eye-catching 38ft lugsail schooner from the board of Nigel Irens

• Gib’Sea 43
  
  Dominic Byers finds her big, brash and very roomy

Regulars

• Editorial
• On Watch
• Subscriptions & Next Month
• Readers’ letters
• YM books
  
  & Newsagent competition
• Any questions?
• Libby Purves
• Blue water letter
• Blue water postscript
• Around the coast
• Waterside property
• The Confessional

Sailing skills

• Question of seamanship
  
  Engine failure woes
• Learning Curve
  
  Salvage in the Bermuda Triangle. Glyn Williams finds a ‘ghost ship’
• Yachtmaster Class
  
  A case of mistaken identity

• Pilotage quiz
  
  When the GPS falls overboard
• Better boat handling
  
  Part 4: The art of perfect parking
• Des Sleightholme
  
  Staying cool in a rescue at sea drama
• Quick Tips
  
  Tripping lines and forgotten seacocks