Features:
Homeward bound - Seaworthy Scillonian pilot cutter Agnes heads home
Fairey Swordsman - On test: the 1,000hp cabin cruiser with a kick
Life aboard a gaffer - Traditional comfort aboard 24ft pocket gaffer Joass.
Rebuilt: Westward 40 - King of copies Eleonora steals the show at Antigua
The new big class - History repeats itself as the mighty J-Class sails on
Your boats - Search for Jinny the Queen; skiff that's a green dream
Trad rally best boat - Slipper launch Knight Errant turns heads on the Thames

Regulars:
Editorial - More marine musings
Tell tales - Old Gaffer's; IFOS; RTI race
Niki Ferryman - A restoration comedy
Des Sleightholme - Writer and editor remembered
Close quarters - Robbie Coltrane talks boats
Boatman's notes - Old Seagulls, and sculling
Subscriptions - Save money on the magazine
Lazarette - Gear gets the CB once-over
Getting afloat - Yawls and cutters up for grabs
Class notes - Honey Bee: compact cruiser
Boats for sale - Now online, too
Marine directory - All the contacts you'll need
Readers' services - Books, vids, overseas subs
Calendar - Dates for your 2003 diary
Useful addresses - Names and numbers to note
Letters - A bottle of whisky to the best
Sternpost - Those first few steps afloat

Practical:
Seamanship - Increasing boat speed: how headsails help
Build a boat - Part one of building a clinker boat from scratch
Ballast keels - Designs and materials for ballast keels

Cover - To Cornwall aboard Luke Powell's latest, the pilot cutter Agnes