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May 2016, Number 1,

THE COVER

SAILING SKILLS Expert tips and know-how

20 ON THE COVER Expert On Board: Atlantic crossing advice Graham Snook
met crews who had just crossed the Atlantic to fi nd out what they learned
26 Skipper’s tips • Washed up • Revise chart symbols • Bad earth, warm beer
28 A Question of seamanship No room in the anchorage: what would you do?
30 Any questions? • ‘Will my liferaft invert?’ • ‘Why is my engine corroding?’
32 Learning curve Graham Snelgrove discovers: ‘Offshore sailing is not for me’
34 ON THE COVER Practical seamanship: How to update your charts
Lucy Wilson explains how to keep your paper charts up to date

CRUISING Practical advice & real life sailing stories

38 Home waters: Bringing Maurice Griffi ths’ boat home Dick Durham sails
the gaffer Wendy May back to Essex in a piecemeal delivery from Cherbourg
42 ON THE COVER 3,000 miles against the Humboldt Current Sailing direct
from Ecuador to Chile, Michael Marshall discovers why yachts rarely do it
48 The naked truth about cruisers Why sailors are relaxed about clothing
50 Sailing with your spouse Rachel Robertson muses on dividing jobs afl oat
52 ON THE COVER Pilotage: The sacred haven of Lindisfarne This historic
half-tide island off north-east England is worth a visit, says Alastair Buchan
54 Anchorages From Pacifi c idylls to Brittany hideaways and Scilly havens
57 Piltage: Changes on the Beaulieu river Tom Cunliffe tells us what’s new
58 Cruising log Readers share their cruises to London, Snape and Portugal

GEAR & BOAT REVIEWS Useful kit, new & used yachts

66 ON THE COVER Group gear test: AIS transceivers AIS is one of the most
useful tools on board. Duncan Kents checks out the latest ‘transponders’
74 ON THE COVER Is your deck gear strong enough? How to check bow rollers
77 New gear • Combined anode and rope cutter • Flotation belt • Deck shoes
78 Technical: Avoid that sinking feeling Watertight bulkheads reduce the risk
80 New boats • Django 980 • Bavaria Cruiser 34 • Delphia 46DS • Solaris 47
82 ON THE COVER Used boat test: Freedom 35 Duncan Kent goes cruising
without shrouds to see what makes this innovative 1980s ketch so different
86 ON THE COVER New boat test: Legend 31 She’s massive! But how well does
she sail? Graham Snook steps aboard this voluminous yacht to fi nd out
90 Tried and tested • High-end seaboots from Zhik • Rechargeable torch

REGULARS

3 Editor’s letter ‘You can have too much stowage’

4 News • Yacht attacked in Arabian Sea • UK leads

yacht sales recovery • Yacht engine emissions rules

8 Letters • More chain for catenary • Loving Bavarias

14 Libby Purves Sail north or south? How to choose

16 Tom Cunliffe Old logbooks hold some good yarns

18 Dick Durham The sailors who did not return

49 ON THE COVER A good read Rammed by smugglers

108 The Confessional Readers own up to their sins...

As crews sailed

into St Lucia,

we went to

see what they

learned from

crossing the

Atlantic (p20).

Photo by

Tim Wright

52

Lindisfarne offers natural shelter on an exposed

coast, and it’s a worthy destination in its own right

38

Dick Durham arrives

back in Essex at last

aboard Maurice Griffiths’

gaff cutter, Wendy May

PHOTO: ALAMY

PHOTO: COURTESY DICK DURHAM

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