EDITORIAL
CLASSIC BOAT
CORRESPONDENCE
LA NIOULARGUE: Peter Chesworth and Jenny Bennett visited Saint-Tropez for the 10th annual classic yacht regatta.
TERN IV: Mark Fishwick goes sailing on Claud Worth's famous yawl.
VICTORY CLASS: Robin Gates explores the continuing history of a one design racing sloop from Portsmouth.
THE HACKER: Rob Maynard reviews a 1920's runabout being built anew in America and now available in Europe.
CHARLES E. NICHOLSON: John Leather begins an in-depth appraisal of one of Britain's great yacht designers.
RATSEY & LAPTHORN Part II: Mark Fishwick concludes his history of the Solent based sailmakers.
BUILDING A GAFF CUTTER: Richard Sutton visited the McMillan yard to record their special style of yacht construction.
TAPURU II: From bare hull to finished yacht, James Frecheville built a gaffer in his garden.
KNOTS NOT BOREDOM: Meriel Thurstan explains why and how her family took to knotting.
POLYNESIAN CANOES: The transformation from tree trunk to dugout is described by Lee Carter.
THE CROMARTY 36: Martin Tregoning reviews a motor sailer with a.long pedigree.
THE McNULTY 16: Robin Gates sails the latest clinker-built dinghy from the McNulty yard.
THE AVON DINGHY: Rob Maynard discovers how they make one of the oldest and most famous inflatables.
SOURCES: From sou'westers to strum-boxes, old engines to new heaters, with Rob Maynard.
CLASSIC BOAT BOOKSHELF
BUILDING THE CANOE YAWL: Recreating a Victorian classic in modern materials: Dick Phillips begins a new stage-by-stage boatbuilding series.
THE AGONY PAGES: Questions and answers - a chance for readers to share those common boating problems.
TELL-TALES: The editor's word is final. Pete Greenfield closes the issue with more news from here, there and everywhere.