CRUISING
FITTING OUT
BEFORE YOU GO OFFSHORE
Technical guru Nigel Calder shares ten troubleshooting tips to ensure your cruising season is problem free

DISCOVER JERSEY
JERSEY CRUISING GUIDE
There’s much more to Jersey than St Helier Marina. Kieran Flatt guides you around the anchorages, reefs and inshore passages

ALONE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
DOUBLE ATLANTIC
Having crossed the Atlantic solo, flying a single-engined plane,Tristan Gooley set sails solo in a Contessa 32

BLUE WATER LETTER: INTO THE BLUE
Andy O’Grady sets sail from the steel-grey seas of Denmark, bound for the blue waters of Brazil

THOUGHTS AT ANCHOR
An idle evening leads Angus Beare to change his life

SOLD UP AND STILL SAILING
Sell up & Sail inspired thousands of adventures. Authors Bill and Laurel Cooper are almost 80 and about to do it all again

TIDAL TURMOIL
Tidal races have many moods – you just have to know how to read them, says Ken Endean as he cruises the coast of Wales

SAILING SKILLS
SAIL SAFE IN FOG
EXPERT ON BOARD: FOG FIGHTERS
Expert advice on what to do when the fog rolls in

SKIPPER’S TIPS
Paperwork, chartwork, going astern and beastly berths

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
Should you and your family abandon ship?

SAILING SKILLS LIBRARY
Nigel Calder’s cruising manual, pilot books and more

LEARNING CURVE: HIS FINAL PASSAGE
Dan Thompson recounts the heart-wrenching tale of how his father, John, was fatally injured while crossing the Atlantic

CRUISING WITH KAYAKS
Ben Meakins sings the praises of paddle power

CROSS-CHANNEL IN A GALE
NEW BOAT TEST: OVNI 435
This aluminium cruiser can be sailed into the shallows – but how will she cope in a mid-Channel gale?

USED BOAT TEST: FRANCES 34
The pilothouse version of the Victoria 34 offers a snug sail

SOLAR PANELS
GREEN GENERATION
Nine panels are tested – do any make a real difference?
WIND GENERATORS
THE 14,000-MILE TEST – PLUS BUYER’S GUIDE
The pros and cons of sharing a boat with a windmill

NEW GEAR
Velcro cockpit pockets, tiny VHF radios, tender tents and more
POT LUCK: LOBSTER POTS ON TEST
Is it worth making space for a folding lobster pot on board?
15 USED BOATS FROM £1,000
A-Z OF USED BOATS
Budget Ballerina, plus Baltics, Bavarias and more