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Leader - There are a lot of people out there in the Southern Ocean this winter. Let's hope there are no disasters
On the wind - Hopes rising of a British America's Cup bid, five yachts rescued in November storm: Ellen MacArthur and Josh Hall describe their first weeks of Vendee sailing and our man prepares for Cape Horn
Letters to the Editor - Collisions with power vessels - do yachtsmen know their COEREG?, why the -1ST did not use stainless steel bolts on Tenacious and joining the Horn club
Dogwatch - Out of sight, out of mind? - in these days of instant communication, it's worrying to be beyond radio range
Counting the cost - After an exhausting leg from Boston to Buenos Aires on what was supposed to be the gin and tonic run, the BT Global Challenge crews are wondering if the race is matching up to their expectations
Crunch time for The Race - After the well-publicised breakages, modifications and financial difficulties, will any of the competitors be truly ready for the start of the no-holds-barred round the world race on 31 December? James Boyd and Andrew Bray discuss the issues and Nick Maloney describes the sheer terror of sailing a boat like Play Station at speed
Cruising Log from the ARC - The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers shows no sign of peaking. This year's event attracted over 200 entrants and all have a story to tell. Elaine Bunting spoke to some of them before the start in Eas Palmas
Letter from the Caribbean - Chris Doyle falls in love with Dominica and goes in search of a mast for his new boat
Snapshots of a photographer's life - One of Britain's best-known marine photographers Rick Tomlinson made his name by taking evocative shots of the Whitbread race. We publish extracts from his book Shooting H2O, along with some of his most famous pictures
Fishtales - In the Little America's Cup in 1965, the British C Class catamaran was up against an innovative Aussie
Waves of destruction - Meteorologist David Houghton, with the help of wave scientist Judi Wolf, believes he has unearthed some fascinating new evidence that explains the severity of the waves during the storm that lashed the Sydney-Hobart race in 1998
Firefly - Assessing Firefly's sailplan and reefing systems
Racing Round-up - Italians race to victory in the Mumm 30 Worlds, Coutts the unbeatable dominates the Colorcraft Gold Cup. Plus Andrew Preece's Comment on the axing of the Soling from the Olympics
Leading Edge - You too can sail like Ben Ainslie - and without even getting wet. A new Australian simulator recreates truly realistic Laser sailing
Offshore Essentials - Far from the comfortable authority of the Shipping Forecast, where can you find good weather information for long distance cruising?
What's new - Some of the new kit you can see at the London Boat Show, including an award-winning Raytheon radar and the latest stretchy Musto foulweather gear
Multi-tools and other widgets - Just the sort of handy thing a serious yachtsman might want in his Christmas stocking ...
Hatching plans - What have the world's biggest production boatbuilders got in store for us over the next few years? Matthew Sheahan quizzes architects and builders about the designs on their drawing boards
SuperSail - Back to the future - It's extraordinary the number of replicas, restorations and retro-style designs in the pipeline among designers and builders of large yachts. Among them are famous names like Reliance, Ranger, Britannia and Westward
Yachts for sale - Yachts galore in our brokerage pages
Classified ads - Winter bargains and summer charters
Robin Knox-Johnston - Robin recounts a close encounter with a fishing boat off the Shetland Isles
On the wind - Hopes rising of a British America's Cup bid, five yachts rescued in November storm: Ellen MacArthur and Josh Hall describe their first weeks of Vendee sailing and our man prepares for Cape Horn
Letters to the Editor - Collisions with power vessels - do yachtsmen know their COEREG?, why the -1ST did not use stainless steel bolts on Tenacious and joining the Horn club
Dogwatch - Out of sight, out of mind? - in these days of instant communication, it's worrying to be beyond radio range
Counting the cost - After an exhausting leg from Boston to Buenos Aires on what was supposed to be the gin and tonic run, the BT Global Challenge crews are wondering if the race is matching up to their expectations
Crunch time for The Race - After the well-publicised breakages, modifications and financial difficulties, will any of the competitors be truly ready for the start of the no-holds-barred round the world race on 31 December? James Boyd and Andrew Bray discuss the issues and Nick Maloney describes the sheer terror of sailing a boat like Play Station at speed
Cruising Log from the ARC - The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers shows no sign of peaking. This year's event attracted over 200 entrants and all have a story to tell. Elaine Bunting spoke to some of them before the start in Eas Palmas
Letter from the Caribbean - Chris Doyle falls in love with Dominica and goes in search of a mast for his new boat
Snapshots of a photographer's life - One of Britain's best-known marine photographers Rick Tomlinson made his name by taking evocative shots of the Whitbread race. We publish extracts from his book Shooting H2O, along with some of his most famous pictures
Fishtales - In the Little America's Cup in 1965, the British C Class catamaran was up against an innovative Aussie
Waves of destruction - Meteorologist David Houghton, with the help of wave scientist Judi Wolf, believes he has unearthed some fascinating new evidence that explains the severity of the waves during the storm that lashed the Sydney-Hobart race in 1998
Firefly - Assessing Firefly's sailplan and reefing systems
Racing Round-up - Italians race to victory in the Mumm 30 Worlds, Coutts the unbeatable dominates the Colorcraft Gold Cup. Plus Andrew Preece's Comment on the axing of the Soling from the Olympics
Leading Edge - You too can sail like Ben Ainslie - and without even getting wet. A new Australian simulator recreates truly realistic Laser sailing
Offshore Essentials - Far from the comfortable authority of the Shipping Forecast, where can you find good weather information for long distance cruising?
What's new - Some of the new kit you can see at the London Boat Show, including an award-winning Raytheon radar and the latest stretchy Musto foulweather gear
Multi-tools and other widgets - Just the sort of handy thing a serious yachtsman might want in his Christmas stocking ...
Hatching plans - What have the world's biggest production boatbuilders got in store for us over the next few years? Matthew Sheahan quizzes architects and builders about the designs on their drawing boards
SuperSail - Back to the future - It's extraordinary the number of replicas, restorations and retro-style designs in the pipeline among designers and builders of large yachts. Among them are famous names like Reliance, Ranger, Britannia and Westward
Yachts for sale - Yachts galore in our brokerage pages
Classified ads - Winter bargains and summer charters
Robin Knox-Johnston - Robin recounts a close encounter with a fishing boat off the Shetland Isles
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