Jon Mendez explains the steps you need to take to ensure your boat stays in top condition for next season

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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

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

Jake Kavanagh explains how he replaced his boat’s worn teak gunwale with a PVC alternative

Richard Stone mends his deck saloon windscreen wipers