Inside a narrowboat

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Delivery skipper Ben Lowings explains how you can make your yacht handle better and perform more effectively when cruising

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Moored on a quiet stretch of canal in west London, an unassuming widebeam canal boat boasts an extraordinary centrepiece: a Steinway piano. The Piano Boat – officially named Rachmaninov – is possibly

A camping dinghy may not offer the comforts of a modern cabin yacht, but no yacht is comfortable on a hard beat, no matter how many berths she may accommodate in her cabin. And there are serious disad

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