Aquaholic

None of us plans to be caught in a gale, but if it happens then both the boat and the crew must cope. Jake Kavanagh speaks to Jester Challenge skippers and asks how they get ready for stormy weather

Proper preparation prevents poor performance

Paul Hardy and a fleet of fellow Cape Cutter trailer-sailers take on a biennial regatta for traditionally rigged craft

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Simon Ellis continues his three-month long cruise from Poole to the Isles of Scilly, taking in Polperro, Fowey, Falmouth, Porthleven, Mousehole and Land’s End

You don’t have to be loaded to get into boating as Glen Stanford discovered after a chance encounter with a boat-owning colleague