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

John Payne examines the hardware and software he uses on his boat, and what you need to consider when using electronic charts

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

I was shocked in a London hostelry recently to discover that our once-proud nation has been reduced to forming an orderly queue for drinks at the pub bar. It hasn’t happened in my local yet, and all i

Accuracy always trumps efficiency, but can you improve one without harming the other? Rob Melotti investigates how to set up your chartplotter to get the most out of it

+ HOW TO PREVENT IT