SPECIAL FEATURES

On the beach
Shoal-draught boats can reach the parts others can’t. We take several yachts to a favourite South Coast drying-out spot and examine the advantages and disadvantages of boats that can take the ground

Azores highs
Sea stories from James Jermain and Peter Nielsen, who sailed the outward and return legs of this year’s Azores and Back Race

Whisky galore
Who gives a dram! Our man Keith Wheatley does. He joined the highly-popular Classic Malts Cruise around the Western Isles of Scotland

Hope and glory
This month’s hidden anchorage is Hope Cove in Devon. It’s a rare haven in easterlies and only a short hop from Salcombe

Destinations – Cowes
James Jermain pays homage at the spiritual home of yachting in Britain – with free pull-out chart

Different strokes
Environmental concerns could soon mean the last pull of the cord for two-stroke outboards. Duncan Kent puts six four-stroke engines to the test and weighs up their pros and cons

Life with Henry
Ken Endean tells why he swapped his inboard for Henry the Honda

Cruising chutes
Peter Nielsen offers tips and techniques for getting the most from this versatile sail in Part 10 of our major Sail Power series

Islands of adventure
Paul Gelder sails chic to chic, from Martinique to Guadeloupe, and calls in at Dominica, the Caribbean’s Nature Island

Destinations – Carteret
Peter Cumberlidge discovers a jewel of rural Normandy on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula – with free pull-out chart

Surprise Packet
We test the Island Packet 350 from the USA – built to soak up the knocks of blue water cruising

Glorious mud
Dick Durham finds mudlarking is a splendid alternative to actually sailing on the East Coast

Sailing Skills

• Question of seamanship
• Learning Curve – problems in mid-Channel with a jammed rudder
• Des Sleightholme’s Sea Sense
• Tom Cunliffe’s Yachtmaster class – best ways to tow and be towed
• Skippers’ tips
• Crew class
• Pilotage quiz – July issue answer

REGULARS

• Editorial
• On watch Including Marina Spy,Club Call and Pub Guide
• YM books
• Charter news
• New boats
• Readers’ letters
• Any questions?
• Next month/Subscriptions
• Blue water letter
• From Jack Gush in Tasmania
• Marina survey
• Libby Purves
• New gear
• What’s new in the chandlers?
• Around the coast
• News from our correspondents
• Waterside property
• Second-hand focus
• The French-built Feeling 1090
• The Confessional