Jim Shekhdar - the first man to row across the Pacific Ocean - was at the London Boat Show today signing copies of his book Bold Man of the Sea

Hot air for new inflatable

A pack away inflatable tender - with a new lightweight GRP bottom is launched at Boat Show

With the Falkirk Wheel opening, the Bell Lawrie Scottish Series 2002, and the ever-popular Classic Malts Cruise, this is a signal year for Scottish marine leisure

Contents: January 2002

Features Panama – Gateway or gauntlet? Tom and Vicky Jackson onthier own experience on this blue-water rite of passage in their Rustler 31 Sunstone Forth-Clyde – The missing link The…