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The secret of yachts with enduring appeal

Fashions come and go, but J-Boats remain a safe choice for great sailing boats, whether you want to own it for ever or sell it

IMPROVING SINGLE-LINE REEFING

Martin Watts explains how to reduce the friction on the reefing lines of newer yachts

Lofoten or Bust- Part 4- Grandezza owner Per Harrtoft heads back to Sweden after an epic 3500nm adventure deep into the Arctic Circle to visit the mythical Lofoten islands

After ten memorable days in the Lofoten Islands in the far north of Norway, we are on our way back south towards Sweden. We have already made it as far as Trondheim, a charming place even if it was raining so hard we had to cycle round the city centre clutching umbrellas. But now we are back on board Deamare, our Grandezza 40 Fly, eating up the miles at a steady 31 knots.

FERRETTI INFYNITO 90

Ferretti Yachts is diversifying into the long-range fast-displacement market. But can its debut model justify the hype?

THE 100 CLUB

What it's really like to buy, spec and run a brand new custom-built 96-footer

PRINCESS S65

Torn between the V and F Class flagships? The new S65 might be the boat you've been waiting for...

ΧΟ EXPLR 44

Can XO's all-new aluminium flagship really make it big in the Med?

BENETEAU SWIFT TRAWLER 54

Alex Smith heads to France's Beneteau HQ for a UK exclusive on what might just be the best Swift Trawler yet

GOOD AS NEW

Why fit a brand new engine when Volvo Penta's remanufacturing service can rebuild you an old one to the same standard for a fraction of the price?

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YACHT TRANSPORT

As the name suggests it's a means of having your boat moved professionally from one location to another. It might be as simple as hiring someone to tow your RIB a few miles down the road or as complex as shipping a superyacht halfway around the world.

HANDLE A SINGLE SHAFTDRIVE BOAT PART 1

Single shaftdrive boats are relatively rare these days but the reduced costs of buying, servicing and fuelling such a simple but reliable drivetrain does mean they are making a bit of a comeback.

COCKWELLS MOTOR LAUNCH

There can be very few boats that have appeared three times at the Southampton Boat Show and been sold off the stand each time.

ZEELANDER

If you like your boats exclusive to the point of almost unattainable, there's a Dutch builder that can help...

BUYING OUR FIRST CLASSIC

Instead of whiling away their retirement playing bowls, Rob and Shona Adams decided to invest their time and money in a classic Silver gentleman's yacht. Would the gamble pay off?

INSTALLING AN AUTOPILOT

Rick Channon makes solo boating simple with a Raymarine Evolution Autopilot

TECHNICAL PURCHASING POWER

Sam Fortescue explains how to check you have the power needed to handle your running rigging safely - and how to fix it if you don't

NEW GEAR

Dennis O'Neill reviews the latest products designed to make sailing safer and easier

Orcas sink a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar

A pod of orcas attacked and sank a 15m yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar in May, the latest in a series of encounters in the area that have sunk five yachts in the past four years, the Spanish maritime authorities reported.

Why Pip Hare needs you now

Sailing with Pip Hare last week reminded me of my father’s sailing mantra: ‘It’s all about drag.’

Picking up fore and aft moorings

Mooring fore and aft can be a fiddly process, never more so than in Cornwall's Polperro. If you can do it here, says Rachael Sprot, then you can do it anywhere

HOW TO DODGE GALES IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY

Ken Endean tries a two-anchorage strategy

'NEVER BEFORE HAVE I SAILED IN SUCH WILD WEATHER'

When Jeremy Edwards and his sister were hit by a 'weather bomb' en route to Tonga it gave him a new-found respect for his sister's skippering ability

ADVENTURE RACING AROUND THE WORLD

First Mate Rachel Burgess tells YM what it was like to race 28.000 miles around the world to win the Ocean Globe Race with her all-female crew aboard Maiden

FIRST TEST DUFOUR 41

There have always been yachts that claim to offer the best of all worlds. They lure you in with the promise of being able to luxuriate in spacious opulence after a day of exhilarating sailing.

Ella Hibbert to sail to Norway and Russia in Arctic preparation

Intrepid 27-year-old sailor Ella Hibbert has made the difficult decision to delay her departure to sail solo around the Arctic circle until next year, but will instead depart this summer on a training expedition to Norway and Russia in preparation.

ADVENTURE THE CALL OF THE SOUTH SEAS

What is the call of the South Seas? The Hoiland family were curious to find out, so they set off west to explore. This is the story of their year sailing through the islands and atolls of French Polynesia

Mile-long RNLI flotilla for 200th anniversary

As the RNLI celebrates its 200th anniversary this year, more than 40 rescue vessels formed a flotilla more than a mile long in Poole in May.

HOW TO MARK YOUR ANCHOR

Anchoring in a pretty bay is one of boating’s greatest joys but it can also be a cause of considerable angst: How much chain should I put out? What’s the seabed like? Will I get stuck? What if I drag? Many of these concerns can be solved by laying the correct amount of cable (called scope) for the depth and conditions.

THEN THERE WAS LIGHT

Four-season boater, Gilbert Park, hunts down the perfect marine spotlight

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT BOAT DECKING

In the first of o our new series of guides we discuss...