COVER STORIES:

Sailing in the deep freeze - Tim and Pauline Carr share the breathtaking sights of their South Georgia cruising ground

What's in Santa's sailbag? - The YM team browse the bookshops and chandlers

Classiques en fete - Peter Nielsen soaks up the atmosphere at Douarnenez, a festival fantastique which keeps getting bigger and better

Cruising home - Michael Davis chances upon a village transformed while on a night sail to Orford

Sands of time run out at Goodwin - Britain's last lighthouse keepers have been replaced by a microchip. Paul Gelder mourns the end of an era

Glove story - Duncan Kent and Tim Thomas try on the latest gloves


Also in this issue:

Learn from the clouds - The sky will lead you to the wind, or warn you of a storm

Looking around - It's adieu but not goodbye, for Des Sleighthoime

Libby Purves on cruising - Libby's horses are alarmed to share a field with her yawl

One man and his boat - John Wright can't stop building beautiful boats

Practical seamanship - Tom Cunliffe suggests how to get off the mud

Blue water letter - Hugh Marriott loses a liferaft and finds a dinghy

Shackleton and James Caird - Miles Kendall continues our series on sailing heroes

On board - The Legend 310, a spacious US import that's easy to sail

Boat chat - Peter Nielsen
Second look - The Mirage 28 is a keenly priced cruiser, says Tim Thomas

Onshore pilot - Peter Cumberlidge samples the grandeur of St Malo

Skipper's instant decision-maker - Are you a decisive yachtsman? asks Susan Martineau


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