Do you really need an active radar reflector?

What communications equipment do you really need to stay safe and keep in touch? Alan Denham explores options for every budget and cruising ambition

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

Solo sailor Owen Moorhouse recalls having to make quick contingency plans at night while battling fatigue

When I took my first brick-like Magellan GPS receiver out of its box back in the mid-1990s, I was in Wick, NE Scotland. The fog was thick enough to walk on. Filled with a confidence I had never had be

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