16 ways to keep your lover...

  • 16 ways to keep your lover
    Lin and Larry Pardey, left, a cruising couple whose enduring partnership is legendary, offer advice on how to introduce wives, girlfriends and partners to sailing and cruising

  • Hand-held GPS sets on test
    Simon Jinx reports on the first comparative test of new generation sets

  • Pompey?s renaissance
    In our latest Destinations guide, with free pull-out chart, Dick Durham visits Portsmouth Harbour, steeped in history and now the leading the way with its imaginative waterfront development

  • Shadowfax to Phuket
    In part two of the adventures of Shadowfax, a 33ft long-keeled cruiser, en-route from Hong Kong to London, the crew arrive in Thailand to discover sea snakes, magic lagoons, The Beach and a mystery rash

  • Brilliant!
    Tom Cunliffe signs on aboard the classic 71-year-old Olin Stephen?s designed schooner Brilliant, pictured above, for an exhilarating down-Channel run from Gosport to Kinsale, Ireland

  • A-Z of second-hand boats
    Our essential monthly cut-out-and-keep series. Next month ?C? continues with Catalinas and Contessas.

  • Sailing Skills
    A question of balance. Part eight of our cut-out-and-keep Better Boat Handling series looks at handling under sail

  • On Test:
    Peter Nielsen sails the German Hanse 311
    Second-hand boat test: The Jeanneau Sunshine 36

  • PLUS:
    Peter Nielsen looks behind the scenes at Bavaria yachts? German factory ; Libby Purves on This Cruising Life; Annie Hill?s final Blue Water Letter from Cape Town; and a preview of the Solent?s 2001 America?s Cup Regatta

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