For those dreaming of the joys of owning a yacht, Nick Ridley offers encouragement as well as a look at the harsher reality of financing your dreams

Tony Davies’ couldn’t find his dream boat ‘off the shelf’ so he took matters into his own hands with a 1978 Reinell 26-footer

Nicholas Koligiannis explains how he improved the mast on his Albin Ballad

Far from being a lightweight trailer sailer, Nic Compton finds the third version of this modern classic to be a serious little cruising boat capable of handling far more than a little creek crawling

+ HOW TO PREVENT IT

Lasse Bøe explains how to take advantage of winter evenings and weekends when fishing is off the cards