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FIRST TEST HANSE 508

Hanses new 508 brings its contender in this critical size range right | up to date. We head out on the water to see if it cuts the mustard |

How To Sail In Big Waves

Toby Heppell finds out about the best rough weather tactics to keep you Sailing for speed, comfort, safety and enjoyment

Erik Aanderaa Viking Of The High Seas

Katy Stickland talks to Norwegian sailor Erik Aanderaa about why he searches out the worst weather the North Sea

‘The Sickening Sound Of Tearing Wood As We Were Hit By The Wave'

A freak wave wreaks havoc on Kass Schmitt and Rupert Holmes’ 36-ft Zest as they attempt to sail to Lanzarote

The Deadliest Place On Earth To Anchor?

Fust months after a volcanic eruption, Liz Cleere and partner Famie Furlong cruise to Indonesia's Krakatoa archipelago

Test the red button

Have you ever checked whether the red button works on your DSC VHF radio? Gilbert Park puts his own radio to the test

IDENTIFICATION GUIDE:Whales and dolphins of the UK

There’s nothing more exciting than a dolphin riding your bow-wave, or a whale breaching... but how can you identify the species? Sailor, photographer and wildlife surveyor Genevieve Leaper tells us more

Torpedo on the hook

Edi Keck snags a Soviet torpedo with the point of his anchor - and lives to tell the tale!

How to sell your boat

Rupert Holmes looks at common pitfalls when trying to sell a boat, how to avoid them and how to get a good price in a reasonable time

The ten days of February

Can you count on the weather in February?

Secret Malta and Gozo

Alan England on ways to escape the crowds in Malta and Gozo

A boat for life

Peter Poland examines the 27-30ft twin-keelers that have stood the test of time

Electric toilets

Thinking of upgrading your boat’s toilet from manual operation to electric? Jake Kavanagh investigates the options available

Why we're doing the ARC

Ali Wood meets four boat crews at different stages in their lives as they get ready to embark on a transatlantic voyage

Keep sailing simple

Discard the gadgets and become more like a classic sailor

REPLICAS PART 2 THE DETAILS

In the second of two articles, John Lammerts van Bueren continues the story of replicating some of the grandest yachts in history. So far, we’ve decided on a design and hull material

HOW WE SAVED EACH OTHER

A retired special ops man, a lifelong dream and a classic ketch that showed up at just the right time

ELECTRIC DAY LAUNCHES

They say the next big thing is here... that the revolution’s near. But to Landamores Boatyard, it seems quite clear... that it’s all just a little bit of history repeating

Dorade Yawl that launched S&S

You’d be forgiven for thinking yachts always looked this way, but they didn’t – first there was Dorade

BOSUN'S BAG

PRACTICAL TIPS FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOATER

BOAT BUILDERS ON ICE

Sailing to the frozen north is a big trend these days. Meet two British boatbuilders who sail their self-built wooden boats to the ice every year

AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Pioneer 9

AFFORDABLE CLASSIC Pioneer 9

All grown up now

Back in 2011, Robbie Fabre became the youngest recipient of our Restoration of the Year Award. We catch up on the missing years

100 YEARS OF THE S-CLASS

A century on and more than half of the original boats are still racing and sailing – we take a closer look at Herreshoff’s enduring design

Slow cruising with the angels of the ocean

Jeff Wrinch experiences some magical wildlife encounters while on passage to Italy

How to run a happy ship

Toby Heppell gets advice on skippering with friends and family from Pete Goss, Dee Caffari and Conrad Humphreys

SALONA 380

From a yard that’s still relatively unknown in the UK, the Salona 380 looks set to present the established performance cruisers in this size range with some serious competition

ADVENTURE RED SEA DELIGHT

Despite its reputation for pirates, Tom Dymond discovers a warm welcome as he cruises up the Red Sea to Suez

‘As the engine spluttered and conked out, panic resumed'

A series of unfortunate mistakes threatened to halt Mark and Nadiyana Farnworth’s dream maiden voyage before it began

A LONG WEEKEND SHETLAND & FAIR ISLE

Sailing the Shetland Islands offers varied and challenging cruising as well as unbeatable wildlife and unique history, as Jonty Pearce finds out