April 2016
In your April 2016 issue:
SAILING SKILLS
Expert on board: A yachtsman’s guide to shipping
To stay safe around shipping, you need to understand it. John Lang explains
A question of seamanship
‘How much cable should you veer’?
Any questions?
• ‘The best ocean yacht?’ • ‘Why stick with old anchors?’ • ‘Add or subtract for GMT?
• ‘Why is my chain rusting? • ‘Safe to dry out?’
Learning curve
Nigel Calder: ‘I watched my anchor drag – from the shore!’
Skipper’s tips
• Katabatic winds • Magnetic disturbance • Tacking a cutter
Practical seamanship: Pilotage in fog James Stevens finds himself sailing in fog and brushes up on his poor-visibility pilotage
CRUISING
Home waters: A shortcut through Scotland
What makes the Folkboat great
The 50th Folkboat Festival was a celebration of a yacht that is still ‘the boat of the people’
Adventure: Put to the test in Greenland
Sailing a small boat in the high Arctic isn’t meant to be easy. Weather and ice test Bob Shepton’s mettle
Cruising: Still sailing solo at 94
Pilotage: Estonia
Dic Durham explores the coast of Estonia, where yacht harbours are being built in a lost world of forests and islands
GEAR AND BOAT REVIEWS
New gear
- Deck fillers
- Soft shackles
- Lightweight radar
- Durable foulies
Tried and tested
- A windscoop that works
- Fuel polisher
Reasons to be paranoid about fuel
As emission regulations tighten up, Nigel Calder warns of unforeseens problems for yacht engines
New boat test: Wauquiez PS 48
Used boat test: Rustler 31