FEATURES:
THE ALBUM - Klaus-Peter Best hangs out with the Bahamian racing sloops
GUIDING STAR - Barry Jobson and Jackie Gillespie on the four-year rebuild of their 1907 lugger
AMETHYST BAWLEY - Adrian Morgan tries out a new 24ft wooden gaffer with a workboat pedigree
SHOVELER - Richard Johnstone-Bryden takes a new pram dinghy wreck-hunting on the Broads
PHIL BOLGER - John Leather looks at some of the lesser-known designs of America's quirkiest designer
ST JOAN - Built by Brooke's in 1929, she's 52ft of stately luxury, says Richard Johnstone-Bryden
SCOTS FISHERS - Gloria Wilson gives her appreciation of the sea-kindly fishing boats of Richard Irvin
SANTIANO (Pt 2) - Will Derek Eaglen fix planks, ribs, sole bearers and seacocks in time to get-his SCOD afloat?
A READER'S TALE - Arthur Potter tells why it took 15 years to build his Vertue ...
STOP THE ROT - Larry Pardey explains how to prevent rot by building her right and using her right

REGULARS:
EDITORIAL - The Ed gives up and goes sailing
TELL TALES - Astrid Trust sinks, CB on line
SPECIAL REPORT - Will the latest EC directive scupper smaller boats?
SUBSCRIPTIONS - Free Seafile and 1997 almanac
LETTERS - The true story of Salcombe's 'gin boaf; Albert Strange yawl
JOHN LEATHER - Will the old boat win the day?
NEXT MONTH - The art of taking better pics
CALENDAR - Plan your season's cruising
BOATMAN'S NOTES - Getting shored up properly; all-slinging leecloths
ARCHIVES - 10 years of Classic Boat
LAZARETTE - Tufnol blocks; winter clothing
USEFUL ADDRESSES
GETTING AFLOAT - What's for charter in France and the UK - plus our usual selection of brokerage bargains
STERNPOST - Carnal lust enters the pages of CB with a Mermaid's Tale. By Vemon Eydmann