Technical ketch to schooner

None of us plans to be caught in a gale, but if it happens then both the boat and the crew must cope. Jake Kavanagh speaks to Jester Challenge skippers and asks how they get ready for stormy weather

Dinghy dilemmas: which is best for the Tideway 10 –lug sail or gunter rig?

Some boats need persuasion to make to windward, so tweaking the sails to best advantage can make all the difference. David Harding offers a few tips

Light, fast, simple to launch and easy to sail – that’s the new BayCruiser 21, says David Harding

THE 10KEY BOATINGS TORIES YOUNEED TO READ

You don’t have to be loaded to get into boating as Glen Stanford discovered after a chance encounter with a boat-owning colleague