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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

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I was shocked in a London hostelry recently to discover that our once-proud nation has been reduced to forming an orderly queue for drinks at the pub bar. It hasn’t happened in my local yet, and all i

Whether your tank is half full or half empty, knowing what’s in your tanks and trusting your means of checking is critical to successful cruising, writes Theo Stocker