FEATURES:
To the Med and back in a season - Calm Jones examines the logistics and costs of a six-month cruise
The way of the breeze - Meteorologist Alan Watts looks in detail at sea breezes
My life and bungee rubber - Des Sleightholme confesses
Compact camera review - Water- and weatherproof cameras, by Dominic Boland
Classics for Cowes - The 25ft, 1931-built Harrison Butler Dindy
Charting the world - A visit to the Hydrographic Office, this year celebrating its bi-centenanal
Choosing the systems - Mechanics, electrics, domestics, anchoring and rigging considerations of the YM Offshore 38
Sizing a refrigeration unit - Essen tial information for those who like their beer cold
Turkish tryst - Duncan Kent enjoys the East Med Yacht Rally

COLUMNS:
Looking around - Sniffing gas, trawlermen's tea and the Nile dumps
One man and his boats - Jamie Dobbs and his Lost Horizons
Blue water letter - New columnist Hugh Marriott writes from Panama
Libby Purves on cruising - The joys of writing an Aga-saga novel
Cruising home - A weekend on the west coast of Scotland, by David Moore
Practical seamanship - Learning curve, Practically speaking, A question of seamanship, and much more
On reflection - Mike Richey ponders on the advisability of moon sights
Upriver - Two rivers to Snape in Suffolk

REVIEWS:
Equipment - Geartest Douglas Gill's answer to Gore-Tex oilskins
On board - The dream-fulfilling
Bowman 45 - A modern-day motor-sailer, the Hunter Pilot 27

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