Features
- Killer containers
Dick Durham investigates the scandal of lost shipping containers which litter the oceans - The golden touch
Editor Sarah Norbury goes for gold with Shirley Robertson and learns how to make your cruiser go faster - Beware of the Bugiman
Thies Matzen, owner of Eric Hiscock’s Wanderer III, encounters the pirates who have become boatbuilders in Indonesia - Through a glass clearly
Peter Nielsen weaves his way through the mat and resin of GRP (Part Two)
- Deck gear
Simon Jinks & Peter Nielsen track down the best ways of upgrading mainsheet and genoa slides. - A to Z of second-hand boats (part 4)
Buying a used Bénéteau -don’t miss our guide
- Chain reaction
Lesley Wilkes finds the weakest link in husband Eric’s plan to buy some cheap anchor chain - New pilot books
The latest pilot books for the East Coast, North Brittany & the Channel Islands and West France reviewed by Dick Durham
- Destinations
Peter Cumberlidge visits Dartmouth and finds ‘the most unrivalled coastline in Europe’. With free fold-out chart inside - Global swarming
To sail around the world in a rally or go it alone? Alan Haynes, who circumnavigated two-up with his wife, examines the options - Normandy guide
Ken Endean writes about sailing east of Cherbourg
On Test
- Bénéteau’s Océanis Clipper 393
James Jermain finds the boat a better sailer than her predecessors - Elan 45
Peter Nielsen sails a bargain with a good turn of speed - Second-hand boat test
Simon Jinks finds the Hurley 24/70 a robust cruiser with standing headroom
Regulars