London Boat Show map and A-Z - Your free pull-out guide to London Boat Show, complete with A-Z of exhibitors. Come and see the YM team on stand 1A

Round-Ireland cruise - Tom Cunlrffe, wife Ros and daughter Hannah circumnavigate Ireland in their 40ft gaff-cutter

South American gem - Tanya Leech discovers stunning scenery and a cruising Utopia 200 miles south of the Caribbean hurricane belt

Non-stop record maker - Peter Keig's exclusive story of how he beat Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in the race to become the first person to sail solo, non-stop round Britain

Mal d'hiver - Do you suffer from sailors' winter withdrawal symptoms? With the boat laid-up ashore, all we can do is dream of exotic voyages

London Show Preview - What new boats and equipment will be unveiled at the 2001 London Boat Show? The KM team give a sneak show preview. PLUS free large-scale, pull-out show guide

Winter on the water - Living on your yacht may seem like a great idea in the summer, but could you cope in temperatures below 10?F? Webb Chiles weathers a Boston winter with wife Carol aboard their 37ft Hawke

First sail of the season - For intrepid East Coaster Mike Peyton, the season begins in January, with frozen water pipes, icicles on mooring warps and a sack of coal aboard his 38ft ketch

Living the dream - Sixty-five-year-old Clive Imber's Solo Atlantic crossing served up Storm Force 9 winds and a tin of pilchards for Christmas dinner

Warning signs - Some second-hand boats have tell-tale signs that will turn away experienced buyers. James Jermain presents a few tips for bargain-hunters

The final voyage - The 2000 transatlantic yacht race closed a chapter in solo racing. Mike Richey reflects on his last ocean voyage aboard Jester, the junk-rigged Folkboat

Which Navtex? - Simon Jinks tests five Navtex sets and picks the best buy

A star is born - Five years in the planning, Rival Bowman's Starlight 46 was launched last autumn. Peter Nielsen revels in this luxury performance cruiser

Feeling 32 - We sail a sporty new French cruiser with twin rudders

Trapper 500/501 - Ahead of her time when launched in 1972, is the Trapper 500 still a good buy, 28 years later?

Editorial - Sailing or not this winter?
On watch - Latest news
Subscriptions Special offer
Readers' letters - Near miss in the Solent
Next month/YM books - Armchair reading
Any questions? - Osmosis and what to do
Libby Purves - Festival of the Sea 2001
Blue water letter - Rod Heikell in Sicily
Blue water postscript - New books
Around the coast - The latest news from our correspondents
Waterside property Connecticut and Cornwall
The Confessional - Readers' sailing sins exposed
Question of seamanship - Where is the casualty?
Learning Curve - Holed and sinking
Yachtmaster Class - Beating in light airs
Pilotage quiz - Win a Ã