Special features:
Howards'Way: Bob Fisher on the making of this new BBC series
Drum's salvage: Mark Fishwick was on the scene
The Captain's log: by Libby Purves and Paul Heiney
Noble spars: new ways of building wooden masts, by David Pelly
Reef right: Mike Balmforth irons the wrinkles out of mainsail rolling
Sail control 3: the slot, interaction between main and genoa
Red, white and blue; a trans-Atlantic first, by D H Clarke

Cruising:
A 75th birthday: Clyde Cruising Club, by Mike Balmforth
Classic passages: Brittany, South Coast to Quiberon
The slippery slope: down the ways with Lesley Black
Enough is enough: Neil Hawkesford runs into trouble in Biscay
Vagrant's centenary: Hal Sisk re-traces a maiden cruise

Reviews:
Bookshelf: books reviewed by Geoff Pack
Centurion 47: Henri Wauquiez's latest quality cruiser-racer Lacoste42: Yachting France's upmarket fast cruiser

Regular articles.
Editorial
On watch: notes and news
Readers' letters: your views and opinions
Looking around with Bill Beavis
... and a quick look round: edited by Emma Cussans
A question of seamanship: first of a new quiz series, by Bill Anderson
Loose ends: new products
The Confessional
Around the coast: news from our local correspondents