GEAR & BOATS AIS vs radar What’s the difference, and in an age of modern electronics, do you need both? New boats 28 great designs and new launches from Düsseldorf…

SAILING SKILLS Expert on board The true cost of cruising and how to afford it: crunching the numbers with two liveaboard accountants Practical seamanship Keep your crew safe by managing…

Sailing Skills Expert on board: Perfect sail power for any weather Use your electronics to make a chart so you know when to change sail plan Practical seamanship: Stepping up…

Dick Durham

“As night-time storms rattled the slates, I dreamed of that one length of studding holding the boat upright” We’re very close to saying goodbye to the gales of winter. I…

Tom Cunliffe

“Like an sailor brought up with the assumption of self-help, I decided to look into doing the job myself” My liferaft comes due for servicing this spring. One of the…

“Not all boat smells are pleasant, or even, frankly, bearable” Spring! The first warm days, primroses, zephyrs, dew burning off the warmed grass! So down to the boat, climb on…