Welcome to the November 2017 issue
Contents
PRACTICAL
Cover photo: Hantu Biru sailing in Scotland
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REGULARS
GEAR
CRUISING
SEAMANSHIP
26 Fitting log and speed
Tony Davies shows how to fi t a
NASA log, speed and compass
34 Practical projects
A winch handle for old hands, a
shower for a small boat and more
40 View from the boatyard
Mike Pickles constructs a new
shower compartment base
49 Descale an engine
Mark Ryan cleans out his Yanmar
61 Filling and fairing
PBO Project Boat gets smoother
66 Choosing and fitting
a boarding ladder
David Parker fi ts a telescopic
ladder to his motorboat
78 Eberspächer silencer
How to quieten your heater’s
exhaust
82 Making the perfect
scarf joint
Get it right every time
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BOATS
20 A French Connection
Our pick of French 34-36ft cruisers
46 Elizabethan 23 restoration
Labour of love to bring Elissa back
73 50 years of Drascombes
The defi nitive dayboat?
30 Sail training on
a Thames barge
Sam Llewellyn takes a trip on
Thames Barge Reminder
56 Fowey
Pilotage guide to Fowey
88 Surprising Serifos
Phil Johnson fi nds an Aegean
gem with a new marina
84 Tight turns in long-keelers
Getting a long keeler going astern
80 Head over heels
Learning from experience: Peter
Stone takes a tumble off a quay
36 Marine stereos on test
We put seven marinised stereo
systems to the test
52 New Gear
A new range of low-cost GPS
and AIS-enabled navigation
systems, plus deck coatings
and stacking saucepans...
5 Waiting for the tide
The editor’s welcome
6 News
10 Regional news
12 Readers’ letters
14 Dave Selby
16 Sam Llewellyn
18 Andrew Simpson
42 Ask the experts
Your questions answered
Credit: Ben Meakins
Restoring an Elizabethan 23 – page 46
A winch handle for old hands – p
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