Modified dabber

Proper preparation prevents poor performance

A camping dinghy may not offer the comforts of a modern cabin yacht, but no yacht is comfortable on a hard beat, no matter how many berths she may accommodate in her cabin. And there are serious disad

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

Dinghy dilemmas: which is best for the Tideway 10 –lug sail or gunter rig?

Light, fast, simple to launch and easy to sail – that’s the new BayCruiser 21, says David Harding

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