Features:
THE ALBUM - Eight miles of narrowboats
RUMBLESEAT - Michael Hockin on an old boat winning with new technology
SPELLBOUND - Robert Simper on a new boat winning with old technology
WARINGTON SMYTHS - John Leather on a renowned West Country design dynasty
BEAULIEU '97... as sketched by Trevor Ridley
KELVIN STORY Pt 2 - The engines, by Mike Smylie
LABOUR OF LOVE - Peter Rolt on - a replica scaffie
BOATBUILDING SCHOOLS
SHEILA REDECKED - Paul Janes on how he did it
WESTERN SKIFF Pt 5 - The Ed gives birth

Southampton previews:
THE GUIDE - Stand-by-stand commentary
TAHOE 20 - Adrian Morgan is seduced by a superb new Riva lookalike
BEACH PUNT - A new East Coast dinghy
THE EELA BOAT - A tribute to the Shetland yole

Regulars:
EDITORIAL - Hybrid horrors or modern classics?
TELL TALES - Hispania out of the mud; Henley; a new Atlantic7
JOHN LEATHER - assesses boatbuilding schools
SUBSCRIPTIONS - 20 per cent off ? 'nuff said
LETTERS - Curry on your brass; the origins-of JOG; cat-harpings .
CALENDAR - The best of summer's end
NEXT MONTH - The season's events in pictures
WOODWISE - Richard Hare battles moisture
BOATMAN'S NOTES - Nylon cable ties for stitching your plyboat; siting rowlocks
ARCHIVES - The past as seen on CB
LAZARETTE - A first in publishing ? the Clarke plotter reviewed
USEFUL ADDRESSES - The dialling digit's friend
GETTING AFLOAT - Robin Gates looks at the market for reverse sheer boats
STERNPOST - More poetry from Mefo