No need to toe the line with teak these days. When it comes to replacing the deck of your boat, there are a multitude of alternatives to real wood. You can choose between cork, PVC, foam and a host of

High-tech laminate sails sound appealing but conventional woven sails remain a better all-round option for cruising – as long as you take care of them…

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

Mark Ryan learns mid-family cruise the importance of having a secure attachment for his Volvo Saildrive propeller

Regular readers will know the 99 had quite an eventful summer holiday at the Le Mans Classic with the rest of the C&SC gang (News special, September). Several ‘issues’ occurred on its travels, meaning