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

EARLIER IN THE year, we made a list of the things that make Penny a little harder to live with than she needs to be. Many have been sorted already – the plumbing is more reliable, a stabiliser has bee

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

A canvas enclosure (right) makes the sociable aft ...

1 DON’T FORGET THE FIFTH WALL The concept ...