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Every day's a school day
Thirsting for Day Skipper Practical knowledge, sea-schools appear curiously unavailable
TIPS TO SAIL BETTER Preventer set-up
Pip Hare explains why you should rig a boom preventer for downwind sailing
JESSICA WATSON Courage on and off the water
While True Spirit was being filmed, celebrating her teenage solo circumnavigation, the 29-year-old was battling her biggest challenge ashore
Panama and beyond
Dr Roger Geary recounts a canal transit undertaken in 2018
Walking the plank
Alan England looks for a safer way of getting aboard
Are we sinking?
A heavily pregnant Kerry Buchanan tries to stem the water ingress in a 11ft 6in plywood dinghy off the coast of Donegal in the northwest of Ireland
Thinking of going electric?
Electric propulsion is clean, near silent and can even be self-refuelling, but is it worth the investment? Jake Kavanagh considers the options
Getting an old diesel engine to run
Is it worth buying a boat with a non-running engine? Vyv Cox has some tips on what to look for before deciding if it's a viable project
PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Summer on Maximus
Ali Wood ventures out on a summer cruise with the family...but not everything goes to plan
Onboard problem solving
Cruising doyen Jimmy Cornell shares 50 years of lateral thinking from his first hull fit-out to what he stows as gear essentials
Atlantic pioneer
Nicolette Milnes Walker was the first woman to sail solo and non-stop from the UK to the USA. Julia Jones charts her trailblazing achievement
A boat fit for purpose
What makes the perfect bluewater boat? Ali Wood asks the owners of two catamarans and two monohulls crossing the North Atlantic
Selecting the right gear...
Coming into a crowded marina late at night after a great day sailing across Lyme Bay, Andrew Carter's feathering prop failed and jammed in 'full ahead' - even when engaged in astern
Sunk boat salvage
Marsali Taylor reports on the salvage efforts to raise a wooden vessel at Aith Marina that attracted spectators despite the mizzle and smirr
Tried & Tested
Will Renilson improves boat handling aboard his Jersey 36
New Gear
Rupert Holmes gets an early look at the latest ideas
Back to (sea) school
James Wood gets to grip with navigation, passage planning, tides, buoyage, Colregs and more on his RYA Day Skipper Theory course
Changing times
Alasdair Kirkpatrick tells Ali Wood about narrowboat innovations including a fully accessible design plus hybrid and electric propulsion
Slow boat through the mountains
James Wood discovers the joys and challenges of narrow boating in the Brecon Beacons
Azores and back THE SCENIC ROUTE
Phil Taylor dusts off the charts and turns a winter dream into reality after overhauling his Sabre 27 for a bluewater cruising adventure
17-20ft POCKET CRUISERS
Whether you're moving on from dinghies, or downsizing to a boat that's fun without being a financial millstone, here's a trailer-sailer market guide
The Maxi with the most
Why has the Maxi 84 proved so popular since her launch 45 years ago? David Harding sailed Maximus, the 'work in progress' refurbished PBO Project Boat, to find out
Working boats for leisure
Strong and often cheap, retired working boats make good leisure vessels if you don’t mind fettling to repurpose them
Rudder bother
You know something's up when you're going round in circles with the tiller straight ahead
Beachcombing
How wrecking became a fine art on the dangerously rocky Isles of Scilly
Plastic classics
A vintage boat doesn't win the same admiration as an elderly car - but it should!
UK drops National Flagship plans
The Ministry of Defence and Defence Equipment & Support has suspended the design procurement process for the new National Flagship.
Marine micro-organisms mission
Every day in every boatyard, marina and port the cleaning of hulls, slipways and marine infrastructure kills billions of marine micro-organisms – all vital for sustaining wildlife and the food chain all the way up to human beings.
Invitation to female offshore passagemakers
The adventure company 59° North Sailing has announced that it will now reserve two bunks for women on its offshore sailing passages.
'Ordinary crew' wanted for global sailing race
The organiser of the 2023 Ocean Globe Race, Don McIntyre, is looking for crew to sail with him in the round-the-world race.