Features

• Breaking the 200-mile-a-day barrier
  James Jermain talks to yacht designers Nigel Irens and Stephen Jones about breaking the 200-mile-a-day barrier in a cruising yacht
• Virtual sailors
  Ken Munn and a group of fellow sailors who have only chatted on YM?s website get together for a cross-Channel cruise
• Fit for a Viking
  Adrian Morgan has the help of a Viking skipper to guide him through the rocks and folklore of Sweden?s western archipelago
• Grand Turkish travels
  Miranda Delmar-Morgan spends a week sailing in the Gulf of Gököva aboard a Turkish gulet
• Energetic Adriatic
  Caroline Stevens and family find that there is just too much to enjoy during a fortnight?s charter in Croatia
• Six islands in six days
  Paul Gelder goes island hopping in thesouthern Ionian and enjoys exhilarating sailing in sparkling blue seas
• The sea to ourselves
  Miles Kendall relishes peace, quiet and even an occassional gale during an off- season share-a-yacht charter in Cornwall
• Destinations: Whitby
  Dick Durham heads north and discovers the many charms of this historic fishing port with a rich and varied past.
  PLUS: your free pull-out chart of Whitby
• Index 2003
  A handy comprehensive guide to all of YM?s 2003 cruising tales, as well listings of boat and gear tests, and equipment reviews
• First-time boat owner
  Survey! Survey! Survey! YM?s surveyor Paul Jeffes looks over a Maxi 1000, Contessa 32 and Sigma 362. Which will be most suitable for Med cruising while not breaking the £20,000 budget?

Sailing Skills

• A question of seamanship
  Jack is relying on Les Sirlots buoy to confirm his position on a passage to the Lezardrieux River – but he can?t see it
• The cruellest of seas
  Mike Nicholson?s delivery trip from Gibraltar to Gran Canaria lurches from drama to crisis
• Sailing Quiz
  Demonstrate your knowledge of the seas and win £200 worth of books
• Yachtmaster Class
  Tom Cunliffe warns that the latest navigational tools may rob us of some useful sailing skills
• Any Questions?
  VAT, EC directives and gun law
• Better Boat Handling
  The second of our three-part series on the art of anchoring
  

On Test

• Hallberg-Rassy 37
  James Jermain finds this new Nordic cruiser combines impressive performance without sacrificing on-board comfort
• New Gear
  We check out a new range of wet-locker gear
• Sailing boots
  A buyers? guide to a new generation of sailing boots featuring breathable fabrics and waterproofed leather
• Essential Buyers? Guide
  Toby Hodges? guide to some of the best products we?ve tested in the last 12 months

Every Month

• Editorial
  View from the helm
• On Watch
  EU sparks row over ?defacing? red ensign; Valencia gets America?s Cup
• Readers? Letters
  Cruising blues of the insurance kind; marina overcharging
• Next month/YM Books
  Sneak preview of next month?s YM
• This Cruising Life
  Libby Purves prepares to do battle with bad smells at sea
• YM subscriptions
  Save up to 30% each month
• Blue Water Letter
  Niki Perryman makes friends with South Pacific islanders and takes an exhilarating dive with humpback whales
• A-Z of Second-hand Boats
  From the Trapper story, via Twisters and Trintellas, to UFOs and Vancouvers
• Around the Coast
  Local news round-up from our coastal correspondents nationwide
• Property
  Waterside retreats in stunning Scotland
• Confessional
  The latest Certificates of Absolution