The best...boats for cruising around the uk

Jake Kavanagh looks at the main buying choices between new and used and considers the temptation of projects

Rupert Holmes looks at one of the most desirable cruising yachts of the Sadler era, as well as some alternative boats

Want to stop battling with deck gear and tripping over ropes? Ali Wood has some tips to help make the most of this crucial space

NEVER STOP SAILING!

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.

Back to sea. Off to the end of land, away from the pastoral, the pretty order of serene lawns, blackbirds and cottages, farms and ploughed earth. The tide carried us back down the sheltered rivers of