SAILING SKILLS Expert on board Fouled prop? We find out how to dive under your boat, and why every sailor needs to be prepared Learning curve ‘I was rescued 13…

Saffier Sc800 on the North Sea

Do the best things come in small packages? If they’re 
pocket cruisers like the Saffier Sc 8m, the answer is yes

Unremarkable in any other context, the boats lining up for the start of the Golden Globe Race in July were, by their presence in Les Sables-d’Olonne, quite extraordinary. Heading off…

A soldier points his gun at suspected pirates in the southern Red Sea

With cruisers returning to the southern Red Sea, the multinational naval force Combined Task Force 151 is now looking to liaise with sailors about their experiences

an oil platform in the north sea

James Stevens answers your Questions of Seamanship. This issue - when his GPS plotter packs up, Pete has to rely on the time old strategy of aim to miss