Features:
Glimpses of a grain clipper - The journal of Anne Yeames, on board SV Herzogen Cecilie, July 1935
Bill Beavis young writers' competition: a new challenge for young authors
Local knowledge: a little can be dangerous, as Roger Foxall discovered
Dutch delicacies: Kitty Hampton savours some recipes from Holland
Classic passages: the Dutch canal systems
Seasickness: an up-to-date look at cause and prevention, by Dr Steve Tristram
PAN PAN Medico: Mike Peyton remembers an unusual rescue in Turkey
Practical Seamanship: using tackles and purchases, anchoring and mooring problems, harbour hotspot, question of seamanship
Carry on cruising and winter weather: by Geoff Pack and Jim Alien

Reviews:
Beneteau Blue II 46 Firebird 49
Summer Twins 50 Catalac 10m 52
Southampton Show - Full report on new boats and equipment

Regulars:
Editorial
On watch
Readers' letters
The Confessional
Looking around
Going my way
Around the coast
Loose ends

COVER: Main picture: Westerly Fulmar, by Patrick Roach. Top left: Bencteau Blue II, by Patrick Roach. Bottom left: late season cruising, by Ambrose Greenway