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Looking ahead

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Things to do in the next few weeks

IN THE LATEST ISSUE

z Tested: Style meets

substance in the Solaris 42

z Cowes or bust – two

hitch-hike to the Solent

z Meet the men behind

Reeds Almanac

IN THE LATEST ISSUE

z IRC insight: RORC’s new

technical director

z Knut Frostad, Lifetime

Achievement Award winner

z Sales special: trimming tips

and North Sails’ new tech

Other sailing magazines from the publishers of Classic Boat

Meet the men behind Reeds Nautical AlmanacSailor’s BibleINTERVIEW

15% OFF REEDS 2016

February 2016 sailingtoday.co.uk £4.20

Chianti cruiserStyle meets substance in the new Solaris 42

New rigWire, rod or composite

TECHNICAL

How two young sailors hitched a ride to the SolentCowes or bust

CRUISING

turbines will affHow new offWINDFARMS shore ect sailorsExploring Africa’s rugged Atlantic islandsCAPE VERDESsuper stylish weekender On board Leonardo’s 54ft DAYBOAT?Techniques for going aloft in safetyUP THE MAST

BOAT TEST MULL, SCOTLANDTOBERMORYYOUR GUIDE TO

WIN! Ocean Signal safety kit worth £1,500 to be won

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IRC insight

SPECIAL FEATURE

Trimming tips PLUSSails reveals North

latest tech

MEET KNUT FROSTAD – LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT WINNER

SailsEXCLUSIVE

Youth squads Inside the system INTERVIEW

Win the pinPerfect port end starts – STEP BY STEPevery time

Sportsboats RACING CLASSES REVIEW

New ratings chief looks to the future

Available at all good newsagents or order now post-free from chelseamagazines.com/shop

JOUR DE FÊTE

We sail aboard the rescued

Frank Paine Q boat, skippered

by Bruno Troublé

SAILING TO LONDON

How one couple cruised to the

capital in their 1904 gaff cutter

PLUS...

History of hollow spars, a 1967

Holman sloop, timber supplier

Tristan Stone and more...

ROCKET

A 1919 Pettersson motor yacht

with an amazing turn of speed

MARCH ON SALE

Friday 5 February, 2016

(or why not subscribe!)

JOHN PERRYMAN

NATIONAL MUSEUMS LIVERPOOL

Winter learning at the Cruising Association

Winter is for books, fi lms, red wine, stews – and how about upping your knowledge level? There can

be few cosier places to do it than the Cruising Association HQ in London, by the Thames, near

London’s best pub (the Grapes!). Courses this winter are: Off shore Safety (date TBC), VHF (23-24

January), Diesel maintenance (6 February), RYA Sea Survival (20 February) and RYA First Aid at

Sea (20 February). Longer courses cover Day Skipper theory, Yachtmaster theory and

Yachtmaster Ocean theory. Prices are competitive.

Tel: +44 (0)207 537 2828, theca.org.uk

EVERY WEEK

Tour of Liverpool Dock One

Free subterranean walking tours of

the world’s fi rst commercial wet

dock built 1715 and rediscovered

under a car park. Tuesdays/Weds

at 10.30am, noon and 2.30pm.

Phone to book due to popularity.

Tel: +44 (0)151 478 4499

liverpoolmuseums.org/maritime

20-28 FEBRUARY

Rye Bay Scallop

Week, East Sussex

Tasting, cooking and

generally celebrating the

sweetest of the edible

bivalves. With live music

and more, all set in the

cobbled lanes and secret

alleys of Rye.

scallop.org.uk

1 FEBRUARY

Auckland Anniversary

Regatta

New Zealand’s sailing capital

comes alive with classic yachts,

not to mention a score of

vintage tugs, Tall Ships and

more. The regatta marks the

founding of the province.

regatta.org.nz

EMILY HARRIS