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Rekindling lost wonder and becoming a sailor again – due to necessity

Trail and sea adventures on a Varne Folkboat and Cape Cutter 19

Ali Wood gets top tips on choosing the ideal boat for road and water

At a very formative moment in my life I was taken to watch the film Dead Poets Society. I was 13 and was told it was a comedy about an inspirational teacher who transforms the life of his pupils. I em

John Boyle adjusts his outlook in a bid to get better value out of his boat

What’s the point of the ‘long and thin’ as opposed to the normal ‘short and fat’ with a small inflatable? David Harding finds out