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Atlantic pioneer

Nicolette Milnes Walker was the first woman to sail solo and non-stop from the UK to the USA. Julia Jones charts her trailblazing achievement

Little beauty!

Size is relative and dependant on the sailing activity and weather conditions

Every day's a school day

Thirsting for Day Skipper Practical knowledge, sea-schools appear curiously unavailable

Getting an old diesel engine to run

Is it worth buying a boat with a non-running engine? Vyv Cox has some tips on what to look for before deciding if it's a viable project

Orkney Longliner & Sussex beach boat

Clive shares his local knowledge on the best way to travel from Rye Bay upriver to Bodiam Castle in East Sussex - including his choice of open motorboat and family activities en route

TIPS TO SAIL BETTER Preventer set-up

Pip Hare explains why you should rig a boom preventer for downwind sailing

Walking the plank

Alan England looks for a safer way of getting aboard

PROJECT BOAT RESTORATION Summer on Maximus

Ali Wood ventures out on a summer cruise with the family...but not everything goes to plan

Thinking of going electric?

Electric propulsion is clean, near silent and can even be self-refuelling, but is it worth the investment? Jake Kavanagh considers the options

Are we sinking?

A heavily pregnant Kerry Buchanan tries to stem the water ingress in a 11ft 6in plywood dinghy off the coast of Donegal in the northwest of Ireland

Onboard problem solving

Cruising doyen Jimmy Cornell shares 50 years of lateral thinking from his first hull fit-out to what he stows as gear essentials

A boat fit for purpose

What makes the perfect bluewater boat? Ali Wood asks the owners of two catamarans and two monohulls crossing the North Atlantic

Full steam ahead

Welcome to the world of steam - clean, tidy and almost silent

JESSICA WATSON Courage on and off the water

While True Spirit was being filmed, celebrating her teenage solo circumnavigation, the 29-year-old was battling her biggest challenge ashore

Panama and beyond

Dr Roger Geary recounts a canal transit undertaken in 2018

COAST OF RICHES

A DETOUR NORTH TO COSTA RICA ON HIS CLASSIC SWAN 37 REWARDS MAX CAMPBELL WITH SOME OF HIS MOST ADVENTUROUS CRUISING YET

NEW GEAR

RUPERT HOLMES ON THE FUTURE OF CHARTPLOT TERS AND ONBOARD DISPL AYS

SPECIAL REPORT

HELEN FRETTER ON JESSICA WATSON'S TRUE SPIRIT

GOING THE DISTANCE

WHAT IF ONE OR TWO YEARS OF ADVENTURE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH? MEET THE CRUISERS WHO'VE BEEN ON BOARD FOR A DECADE OR MORE, AND FIND OUT HOW TO MAKE LONG-HAUL CRUISING WORK FOR YOU

LINJETT 39

THIS LONG-ESTABLISHED, YET LITTLE KNOWN, SWEDISH YARD BELIEVES IT HAS THE PERFECT FORMULA FOR A CONTEMPORARY YACHT WITH TIMELESS APPEAL

SEMI CUSTOM CLASS

THE 70-90FT SEMI-CUSTOM SECTOR IS BOOMING. TOBY HODGES EXPLORES SOME OF THE HOTTEST NEW DESIGNS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PRODUCTION YACHTS AND SUPERYACHTS

ADRIFT IN THE PACIFIC

A FIRST SOLO OCEAN CROSSING BECOMES AN EXTRAORDINARY TEST FOR JAMES FREDERICK WHEN HIS RUDDER FAILS 1,000 MILES FROM SHORE

GRAND SOLEIL 40

A RARE SPECIES? HERE'S A CRUISER-RACER WITH GOOD LIGHT AIRS PERFORMANCE, APPEALING ACCOMMODATION AND A PROVEN HERITAGE

TAKING OWNERSHIP

SAM FORTESCUE ON FINANCING A YACHT

Back to (sea) school

James Wood gets to grip with navigation, passage planning, tides, buoyage, Colregs and more on his RYA Day Skipper Theory course

17-20ft POCKET CRUISERS

Whether you're moving on from dinghies, or downsizing to a boat that's fun without being a financial millstone, here's a trailer-sailer market guide

The Maxi with the most

Why has the Maxi 84 proved so popular since her launch 45 years ago? David Harding sailed Maximus, the 'work in progress' refurbished PBO Project Boat, to find out

Plastic classics

A vintage boat doesn't win the same admiration as an elderly car - but it should!

Beachcombing

How wrecking became a fine art on the dangerously rocky Isles of Scilly

Selecting the right gear...

Coming into a crowded marina late at night after a great day sailing across Lyme Bay, Andrew Carter's feathering prop failed and jammed in 'full ahead' - even when engaged in astern