Technical ketch to schooner

Unstayed rigs make so much more sense than stayed rigs, reckons Nic Charman, so why are they still the exception?

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

Clive’s boats

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

Phil Taylor gives his yacht a new lease of life by replacing its cracked mast with a good one from an abandoned Thompson T24

Roger Hughes shares his new technique for making a smooth, continuous splice in double-braided line