Features

• Wake wars
  Can sailors and powerboaters live in harmony? We swap helms to find out

• In a Purbeck world
  From the rugged cliffs at Durdle Door to the sleepy backwaters of Poole Harbour, Ken Endean offers a guide to some lovely Dorset anchorages

• Which Epirb?
  Simon Jinks looks at what’s new in the Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacons market

• Blue Water adventurers
  Paul Gelder flies to windward for 18 hours to meet the Blue Water Round the World Rally sailors at their halfway stage in Tahiti
  
  
• Voyage of the Ciao
  John Close, 76, had not been on a boat for 20 years when he volunteered to crew a 40ft Bavaria to Gran Canaria. Now he wonders why he ever stopped

• Stability and STIX
  Our seaworthiness series continues. By Andrew Blyth
  
  
• Destinations – Ploumanach
  Set in a pink-granite landscape, there is something magical about Ploumanac’h. Sail here and you could end up staying all summer, says Peter Cumberlidge
  
  
• A labour of love
  Noel Barrott spent 12 years building Sina, a 53ft yawl, and has been circumnavigating with his family for the last seven. Colin Lowe met him in the Canaries
  
  
• French island hopping – part 4
  From Belle Ile to the wild, windswept islands of Houat and Hoëdic, Ken Endean discovers some stunning scenery
  

Sailing Skills

• A Question of Seamanship
  Tacking angles

• Learning Curve
  Aground! Peter Holt hits a sandbank near the Goodwins
  
  
• The vice versa knot
  By Geoffrey Budworth

• Yachtmaster Class
  Tom Cunliffe on the crew’s responsibilities

• Better Boat Handling
  Simon Jinks describes vital search patterns for finding a man overboard

• Sea Sense with Des Sleightholme
  Is it safe to leave your boat unmanned in a strange anchorage?

• Mini Quiz
  Win an ICOM hand-held VHF radio
  

On Test

• Wauquiez 40
  The smallest in the Wauquiez range of deck- saloon cruisers is tested by James Jermain
  
  
• Macwester Wight 30
  A second-hand motor-sailer is put through her paces

Every Month

• Editorial
• On Watch
• Readers’ letters
• Any Questions?
• YM subscriptions
• Next Month and YM books
• Libby Purves
• New nautical books
• Blue Water Letter
  Niki Perryman in Bermuda

• Blue Water Bookshelf
  A new batch of faraway guides and companions

• New Gear
• A-Z of second-hand boats
  If you are looking for a used boat, read the Jeanneau story and get the gen on the Jaguars

• Around the Coast
• Property A window on Wales
  
  
• The Confessional