Preview: September 2001

Boom time! In-boom reefing is making a comeback after many years in the shadow of in-mast reefing...

Contents: August 2001

Features New generation handheld GPS What?s the best budget buy? The best value for money and the top performing handheld GPS? Simon Jinks puts 10 sets from £100-£350 to the…

Transpac – Day 16

Two new Australian-built boats are in a battle for overall corrected time honors in the 41st Transpacific Yacht Race that is too close to call

Pooch ban at Ramsgate

Pets, with or without passports are not being allowed ashore from craft visiting Ramsgate in Kent.

Clipper fleet cross the Greenwich Meridian

Having had the excitement of crossing the Greenwich Meridian yesterday today sees the Clipper fleet sailing into western hemisphere and crossing the longitude of their home towns

Transpac sprint to the finish

The tactical pas de trois among Pegasus, Pyewacket and Chance in the 41st Transpacific Yacht Race has taken off into a headlong sprint to the finish and a possible rare…

Inland waterways this weekend

The the project to regenerate Britain’s neglected waterways is turning into that rarest of things: a commercial and ecological success. Our 2,000 mile network of canals and rivers thrived on…