Praise for the proa

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides

Delivery skipper Ben Lowings examines how different popular rudder designs affect handling, and explains how to maintain them

All Smacks Boats are fitted to the owner's specifications, Clive compares two that he has owned; a fast one and a comfortable one

Alastair Buchan explains how to handle sails solo or with few crew

Sharing your boating thoughts and opinions

Back in the 1970s multihull saillors were generally a pretty esoteric lot. It didn’t help that Donald Crowhurst ushered in the new decade with his tragic exploits in his Teignmouth Electron trimaran.