Rnli to there scue

HOW TO SAIL BETTER

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

A job done properly first time means you’ll be sailing sooner – with or without the clergy

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

RACHAEL SPROT is a Yachtmaster Examiner with an impressive number of sea miles logged, from Lofoten to St Lucia and beyond

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