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PEARL 62

With four double cabins, sprawling deck spaces and a stunning Kelly Hoppen interior, the Pearl 62 is looking to shake up the 60ft flybridge market

REALISATION OF A DREAM

A boyhood dream comes to life as Dominic Barratt specs his dream Dale 28

OUR FLOATING HOLIDAY HOME

Why spend your precious summer break in one place when you can witness a different horizon each day from a spacious, family-friendly motorboat? James and Francesca Leaver’s 59ft Van Der Valk offers all this and more

MY FANTASY FLEET

Fred Haines – current boat: Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 & Jeanneau Cap Camarat 625WA

FROM WRECK TO RACER

Restoration of the world’s last remaining Bertram 31 ‘Competition’

USE THE RIGHT KNOT

Unlike our sailing cousins, as a motorboater we don’t need to know dozens of different knots. However, there are four essential knots that you really do need to know how to tie and when to use: a bowline, a clove hitch, a round turn and two half hitches, and a sheet bend.

CRUISE IN COMPANY

The first post-lockdown cruise proves to be one of the most rewarding Richard Hall has experienced

LONE SURVIVOR

Dorian is one of the few surviving boats to have served in both world wars, now after a decade-long renovation she’s ready to serve again as a comfortable family motor yacht

NO ORDINARY DELIVERY!

A straightforward Mediterranean delivery turned into an epic cruise from Tunisia to Scotland as the crew battled the elements and the lockdown to get her home

LOST IN FRANCE

In the first part of a new series on the waterways of France, Don and Marjorie Walker set their sights on the Canal du Rhone au Rhin following its spectacular route through the Jura to the Swiss/German border

TECHNICAL FURLING MAINSAILS

Some sailors swear by furling mainsail systems, others swear at them. Graham Snook looks at ways to keep your furling mainsail in check.

The art of solo cruising

Toby Heppell looks at the art of sailing alone and considers what constitutes good seamanship when it’s only you on board

‘I was jammed. Without my phone I'd be dead'

Martin Blount was fortunate to have survived getting stuck head-first inside his cockpit locker while working alone on his boat

Sailing across Sweden

Mark Blackburn recalls happy memories of his final cruise with his father David along the Göta Canal

MERVYN WHEATLEY ONE LAST ADVENTURE

Toby Heppell speaks to Mervyn Wheatley as he looks ahead to his sixth OSTAR, now re-scheduled to take place in 2021, and ponders the changes in sailing through his decades-long career

ADVENTURE ISLAND ODYSSEY

Erin Carey and her young family cruise the Leeward Islands and discover the region’s distinct cultures and topography

GLENCOE, SCOTLAND

Brian Black discovers history, hill walking and fine dining in this sheltered Highland anchorage

HOME WATERS RETURN TO GUERNSEY

Solo sailor John Willis battles back injury, seasickness and engine problems as he sails the 330 miles from southern Ireland to St Peter Port

A WEEK AFLOAT BRITTANY

The Gulf of Morbihan provides Nick Chavasse with delights aplenty, including quaint anchorages and medieval towns ripe for exploring

SAVING ADLARD COLES' YACHT

Cohoe IV has been in the Osborn family for more than 30 years, but she was commissioned by none other than Adlard Coles

BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

PARISIAN POWERBOAT PIONEER

Founded in 1905, Despujols was one of the rst great names of international powerboating. Its nal boats built in the 1960s mark the end of the golden age of varnished wooden runabouts and artisanal yards

TOM CUNLIFFE - THAT SINKING FEELING

Experience may trump theorising, but who thought plugging cracked seams with soap was a good idea?

ON THE WINDS OF THE WAR

General Patton’s plan to sail When and If around the world was never realised – current owner Seth Salzmann intends to full the boat’s destiny

SETH SALZMANN -Thinking big

After a lifetime love affair with schooners, Seth makes manoeuvring his 141-footer look easy

PAINT Finishing TOUCH

We asked Thames boatbuilder Colin Henwood, who teaches finishing to students at the Boat Building Academy, to give us a crash course in paint and varnish. In this second part, he tackles the subject of a perfect traditional gloss paint finish

GROWN GRAB RAILS

In the second of our ‘lockdown projects’ series, we make good use of a wooden windfall

10OF THE BEST SAILING DINGHIES

In years gone by, you’d have had a 12 or 14ft clinker-built, lug-rigged dinghy with a pair of oars, but there is now a plethora of boats to buy, or build from kit or plan

Unseasonality

You can’t rely on the weather in Shetland

If it ain't broke, don't break it

Getting stuck into lockdown inventions