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A DOUBLE-HANDED PASSAGE FROM TURKEY TO SEATTLE WAS AN ADVENTUROUS SOLUTION FOR PETER AND GINGER NIEMANN
All female Jules Verne bid
Vendée Globe skipper Alexia Barrier is putting together a campaign to create an all-female Jules Verne Trophy crew.
Why do we change our engine oil?
PBO's engine whisperer Stu Davies ponders the not-so-silly question
Taking the lead: best 30ft French yachts
Few would dispute that the French production yacht builders have left British builders floundering in their wake, writes Peter Poland
RS Pulse 63 Electric RIB
Jake Frith ponders whether a 23 knot RIB could change the world
ResQLink V FastFind PLBS
Fox Morgan takes a closer look at the PLBs with Return Link Service
Post-Brexit Channel Hop
The sailing was fantastic, the admin a little onerous and the French Border Patrol visit a surprise - Steve Hodges and Sam McClements share their first post-Brexit Channel hop experience
Propulsion options
Inboard diesel engines are common for sailing cruisers, but there are other ways to power a boat, as Stu Davies explains
Orca encounter left our yacht rudderless
Zoe Barlow shares her experience of losing a rudder when targeted by orcas while on passage from Spain to Morocco
Dinghy disasters
A former inspector with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, Owen Brown reflects on sailing adventures that taught him safety lessons
Italy to England trailer-sailer tow
Alice Driscoll recalls driving and towing a 10m-long car and trailer combo carrying a J24 keelboat, 1,000 miles home from Lake Garda
Eco power for a cruising cat
The expansive deck of an 8m Catalac catamaran proves to be a huge asset for Simon Milward's solar electric propulsion project
Freeman 22 Mk2
A comfortable little motor cruiser with an interesting engine
All Sail Week
Tough as old boots, brave as lions, has our ancestors' innate skilfulness become extinct?
Best British-built cruisers around 32ft
Peter Poland shares his expertise on British-built second-hand yachts costing less than £30,000, which are comfortable and seaworthy
Solo sailing around Scotland's Small Isles
Paul Radcliffe takes advantage of good weather to explore the islands off the west coast of Scotland
Alternatives to gas
Rupert Holmes encourages a broad-minded approach to onboard cooking appliances and gadgets
A guide to seal spotting
Can you tell the difference between a common seal and a grey seal? Genevieve Leaper shares some identification tips
Replace or rebuild?
At what point is keeping an old diesel engine throwing good money after bad? PBO expert Stu Davies has some tips to help you decide
DIY fuel polisher defeats dirty diesel
Diesel engines have simple tastes, says Graham Keating, but clean fuel is one that can't be guaranteed in all corners of the world
Having a finger on the pulse
It's great living near a pier - there's always something going on that's worth watching
Heads and hosetails
Holding tanks, electric versus manual heads, and stamping out unwanted smells - Ali Wood gets some advice on sea toilets
Knockdown
Golden Globe Race entrant Guy Waites, a former Clipper Race skipper, suffers mast failure 300 miles from the Azores
Painting a Corribee Mk2
A tale of prolific boat owner Clive Marsh's Corribee Mk2 and a warning to wait a while before changing a boat's colour
OCEAN TO OCEAN
A PANAMA CANAL TRANSIT BY YACHT IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. WE GET ADVICE ON PLANNING THIS UNIQUE PASSAGE FROM SKIPPERS WHO'VE CROSSED RECENTLY
STAY CONNECTED
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHICH SATELLITE COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO USE FOR OCEAN SAILING? BY LEARNING FROM OTHERS! TOBY HODGES CRUNCHES THE DATA FROM 216 SKIPPERS ON THE LATEST ATLANTIC RALLY FOR CRUISERS
SPECIAL REPORT
JAMES DEVOY ON OCEAN CITIZEN SCIENCE
NEW YACHTS
RUPERT HOLMES REPORTS ON A CROP OF ATTRACTIVE FAST CRUISERS
REFINED RECIPE
HAS BENETEAU MANAGED TO TURN A NICHE SPORTSBOAT INTO A FUN CRUISER? RUPERT HOLMES SAILS THE FIRST 27 TO FIND OUT
HEIGHTENED SENSES
WHISPERING AN ENGINELESS CATBOAT AROUND THE SOUNDS OF MAINE, BILL CHENEY RELIES ON ALL HIS SENSES