Editorial - A new boat and the Editor lets rip
Tell tales - Cutty Sark climax; Cowes; Colin Fair
Niki Ferryman - A parable from the big-boat scene
Subscriptions - UK readers save money on the mag
Des Sleightholme - Cadets are the cause of a fracas afloat

Close quarters: Tim Blackman - British Classic Yacht Club

Boatman's notes - Slings, spices, glue and gaffs
Lazarette - Folding props and a flash light

Getting afloat - Iwo ketches, a yacht and a cruiser

Class notes - West Wight Scow - do-it-all dinghy

Boats for sale - Now available on-line, too
Marine directory - All the contacts in the business
Books - Catboats; Gostelow's Yard
Calendar - Your 2002 diary
Readers'services
Useful addresses - addresses and phone numbers of those featured
Letters - Words on whalers
Sternpost - Lightness of being


Norfolk Broads - The traditional scene with the seven surviving Wherries

Zingara - The century-old Broads racing yacht rebuilt to cut a dash

Fritton Rally Special - It's full speed ahead as classic power craft battle it out

Falmouth Sail Training - The full story of almost 50 years of Falmouth youth at sea

Poppy - To Essex, and a brand-new canoe gets the CB once-over

Selina King - Arthur Ransome's sweetheart stole this ex-taxi driver's soul

Knud Reimers - A designer's life: the later years

Your Boats - Readers' own classic craft
Design - A safe and affordable sail boat
Cover: Wherry Solace - Photograph by Richard Johnstone-Bryden

Boatbuilding A-Z - The nuts and bolts of building a boat explained

Seamanship - Damping a ship's roll when the wind is low
Boatman's notes - Using slings; rope rot; a DIY deviation tool