CRUISING
AROUND LAND’S END
Discover some of Cornwall’s delightful hidden harbours
COVER STORY: 20 BATTERY POWER TIPS
ATLANTIC POWER RANGERS
Practical, powerful advice from this year’s ARC skippers
BUYERS’ GUIDE TO WATERMAKERS, FROM £550
How to choose, install and maintain a watermaker
JACK THE RAT CATCHER
Determined rodents cause Jack Gush trouble afloat
COVER STORY: SAIL SOMEWHERE NEW
CALANQUES AND CATWALKS
Caroline Stevens and family sail from Monaco to Marseille
THOUGHTS AT ANCHOR
Reflections on a magical stop in the Outer Hebrides
TO THE FAR FAROES
A cruise in the Faroe Islands takes Adrian Morgan’s breath away
AMAZON ADVENTURE
Bored with homewaters? Why not go jungle sailing?
BLUE WATER LETTER: THE BROAD ATLANTIC BECKONS
Rod Heikell heads out of the Med for the open Atlantic
2007 FEATURE INDEX
Your guide to articles and tests that have appeared in
Yachting Monthly over the last 12 months

SAILING SKILLS
COVER STORY: ANCHORING ESSENTIALS
EASY ANCHORING
Want to sleep securely with the anchor down? Then follow
Tom Cunliffe’s simple steps for digging in the hook
SKIPPER’S TIPS AND QUIZ
Miss the harbour wall, dodge the rocks and steer straight
A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP AND BOOK REVIEWS
Tricky river mooring teaser PLUS: the latest books
LEARNING CURVE: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
A mid-Atlantic call on the radio raises worrying questions and leads to a desperate race for safety
ANY QUESTIONS
Rusty keels, earthing seacocks and more

BOATS AND GEAR
NEW BOAT TEST: ARCONA 460
This stylish Scandinavian has plenty of power
COVER STORY: THREE FAMILY CRUISERS
THE BRITS’ GREATEST HITS
James Jermain checks out three used British family cruisers: the Westerly Seahawk 35, Moody 346 and Sadler 34
NEW BOATS
From the flyweight Legend 25 to the heavyweight Hans Christian 41, plus the Telstar trimaran and a 31ft Bénéteau
COVER STORY: THE FUTURE OF RADAR
SCANNING: THE FUTURE
The new high-definition digital radar from Raymarine
NEW GEAR
A VHF radio that records, a lifejacket with an extra bladder and a modern take on the classic ship’s oil lamp
COVER STORY: 8 POCKET GPS SETS FROM £65
THE WHOLE WORLD IN YOUR HAND
The latest GPS sets are put through their paces and rated

REGULARS
EDITOR’S LOG
View from the helm
OPENING SHOT
J80s flying kites off Cornwall
NEWS
Transatlantic dramas
READERS’ LETTERS
Your views and opinions
LIBBY PURVES
Bored with border controls?
CUNLIFFE ON CRUISING
Tom shudders at plastic tumblers
NIGEL CALDER’S TECH TALK
There’s a chill in the air
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AROUND THE COAST
Thousands of new berths in Dublin and the rest of your local news
THE CONFESSIONAL
Yachtsmen confess their sailing sins