CRUISING

• COVER STORY: WIN A PC WORTH £1,500 – MAPTECH PC COMPETITION
  Win a flat screen PC, chart software and GPS
• 10 TOP MED TIPS – HITCH-HEIKELL’S GUIDE TO THE MED
  Med guru Rod Heikell answers your questions
• DISCOVER IRELAND – EIRES AND GRACES
  Graham Snook charters from Dingle to Kinsale
• AVERAGE WHITE BOATS
  Where’s the joy in a plastic boat? asks Ken Munn
• ROYAL BACKING FOR GIPSY MOTH IV
  The latest exciting news and pictures
• FREE WAYPOINT CHART – LANDFALLS: SOUTHWOLD
  Dick Durham explores this delightful Suffolk backwater
  PLUS, free waypoint chart
• BLUE WATER LETTER
  Colin Lowe completes his circumnavigation
• COULD YOU DO IT? – IN THE WAKE OF HEROES
  Paul Heiney prepares for the solo transatlantic race
• GET AHEAD OF THE RACE
  Top tips for the Round the Island Race from Jeremy Rogers
• BOOKS OF DELIGHT
  The winners of the YM/RYA Log Competition
• COLREG CHAOS – CLOSE CALLS WITH SHIPS
  Ken Endean on the hazards of shipping around the UK BOATS AND GEAR
• OCÉANIS CLIPPER 343
  Space and speed combine in this
• IS YOUR YACHT INVISIBLE?
  Can you see me?Radar reflectors
• THE RED SUN SHINES
  The Jeanneau Sun Fast 36 is a racer with real cruising capabilities
• NEW GEAR
  Eco-antifouling, instant advice and more

  SAILING SKILLS

• WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO REEF? – THREE REEFING SYSTEMS TESTED
  Tom Cunliffe tests three systems in 40 knots
• LEARNING CURVE
  Saved by a spare RIB: disaster threatens when a yacht’s steering locks off Chichester Bar
• ROPEWORK
  Step by step guide to whippings
• QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
  Stuck without an engine – what would you do? MOB recovery, sacrificial string and more
• ANY QUESTIONS
  Buying an ex-charter yacht, the merits of DSC VHF Radio and heads without the plumbing

  REGULARS

• EDITOR’S LOG
  The view from the helm
• OPENING SHOT
  Bishops Bay, western Scotland
• NEWS
  Breton berthing bargains
• READERS’ LETTERS
  The right way to anchor
• THIS CRUISING LIFE
  Libby Purves goes cold turkey
• CUNLIFFE ON CRUISING
  How well do you know your shipmates?
• NEXT MONTH
  Sneak preview of what’s over the horizon
• SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE
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• AROUND THE COAST
  What’s been happening in your home waters?
• CONFESSIONAL
  Yachtsmen share their sailing sins