EDITORIAL
YOUR LETTERS

FEATURES:

VIVACIOUS: Roderick Kalberer restores a classic one-design.
SILING THE BIG GAFFERS: AMBER and the Baltic Traders with Robert Simper.
THE RIGGER'S TALE - Chris Topf aboard FRI.
THE FIRST MATE'S TALE: Jonno Barrett gets PROVIDENT going.
YOU CAN SAIL A 'BIG UN': Pete Greenfield suggests some special holidays under sail?and steam.
DULCIBELLA: The boat of the film of the book with her designer, Dick Stower.
LONG & LOVELY STEAM LAUNCHES: Glyn Lancaster-Jones analyses their appeal.
BOATBUILDING GLUES ON TEST by John Sloggett and Dick Phillips at the Falmoutn Boatbuilding College.
EPOXIES IN ACTION with the craftsmen of the Solent.
HEARD OF "GAFFERS & LUGGERS"? Martin Tregoning says they make some super boats for beginners.
SEAWAY & THE VINTAGE BOAT COMPANY Emma Cussans on a classic motor boat restored by experts.

DOWN BELOW - on some more modern classics with Peter Phelan.
SOURCES: BRASS LIGHTS We found the vanished article from C.B.2 after all!
SOURCES: LOGS ANCIENT & MODERN Lionel Denham tells their story and selects some good ones.
SOURCES: JACKETS FOR THE LADIES?in which we almost do a 'Fashion Feature'!
SOURCES: ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME - from sea toilets to television aerials.
SOURCES: PRACTICALITIES - mainly on deck and above with items traditional and modern.
CLASSIC BOAT BOOKSHELF with one for beginners and even a 'ripping good yarn'.
TELL-TALES: so much happening that editorial brevity is essential, he claims (across how many pages???)