How to use a transit

As the sailing season gets underway here in Greece, everyone is keen to watch the harbour cinema on display every evening. Flot crews across the Med dust off wing mirrors and re-position fenders, nerv

COLLISION AVOIDANCE

Alastair Buchan shares his tips for entering and leaving a box berth

When I took my first brick-like Magellan GPS receiver out of its box back in the mid-1990s, I was in Wick, NE Scotland. The fog was thick enough to walk on. Filled with a confidence I had never had be

Ali Wood gets top tips on choosing the ideal boat for road and water

Trail and sea adventures on a Varne Folkboat and Cape Cutter 19