CRUISING

COVER STORY: ROUND ROBIN
WHY HE RACED ROUND THE WORLD AGAIN
Exclusive extracts from Robin Knox-Johnston’s new book
– what makes a sailing hero tick, in his own words

VINTAGE CRUISING
Ben Pester recounts an epic shorthanded voyage from Plymouth
to Auckland via Panama and the Galapagos – with no electronics!

COVER STORY: SUFFOLK’S SUNSHINE COAST
HITCH-HIKER’S GUIDE TO SOUTHWOLD
Dick Durham hooks up with sailing author Peter Hancock for a
trip round this popular East Anglian port

BLUE WATER LETTER
Rod Heikell has one last dash round Corinth before heading west

THE LAYING-UP BLUES
Carol O’Shea has a devil of a time decommissioning her
catamaran for the winter

BOTH SIDES OF BISCAY
This year’s Biscay Triangle rally was packed with incident and
adventure – a worthy test of boats and crew

TOWERS OF THE SEA
Ever wondered what goes on inside the bluff granite walls of
Britain’s sea forts? Barry Pickthall and Dick Durham reveal all

SAILING SKILLS

COVER STORY: MAGIC MOORING
WHY ANCHOR WHEN YOU CAN MOOR?
Tom and Vicky Jackson share a super-secure
technique

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP
You want to visit Bantham, but the pilot book
says no go…

SKIPPER’S TIPS
Lashing the wheel, a fresh-water
cure and safe swimming tips

LEARNING CURVE
Andrew and Rika Shortland survive
a mid-Atlantic knockdown

ANY QUESTIONS?
Bridge clearances, cooking oil
as fuel and anchor load theory

COVER STORY:
LAYING-UP ESSENTIALS
WINTER LAY-UP CHECKLIST
Everything you need to remember
this autumn

BOATS AND GEAR
COVER STORY: OPEN WATER LIFERAFT TEST
LAST CHANCE SALOON
Force 7 winds give Chris Beeson a harrowing time in his raft

COVER STORY: NAJAD, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
NEW BOAT TEST – NAJAD 355
Hardcore Najad fans: brace yourselves for a sea-change…

USED BOAT TEST – SOUTHERLY 105
Dick Durham sails this family-friendly lifting-keel cruiser

COVER STORY: 20 ONBOARD INNOVATIONS
INTELLIGENT DESIGN AT SOUTHAMPTON
Chris Beeson and James Jermain round up the best new ideas

BLAZER AND THE TRAMP
Dick Durham goes undercover at the boat show

NEW GEAR
Show-stoppers from the chandlery stands at Southampton

NEW BOATS
James Jermain selects four smaller cruisers from the show

REGULARS

EDITOR’S LOG
Dream on…

OPENING SHOT
Laying-up, Scottish style

NEWS
‘The saddest day of my life’

READERS’ LETTERS
Your views and opinions

LIBBY PURVES
Learning from ‘rubberised racers’

CUNLIFFE ON CRUISING
Should spade rudders go offshore?

NIGEL CALDER’S TECH TALK
The demise of the ‘Wife-Beater’

AROUND THE COAST
A classic Nobby sails again – and the rest of your local news

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CONFESSIONAL
Yachtsmen confess their sailing sins