Small boat shakedown

The late Jim Mottram explains modifications to make his 23-footer easier to sail. Here are just some of his tips from the archives

Nick Burnham: I abandoned ship and hopped in a taxi – 10 mins later I was tucked up in my big, comfy, and most of all, quiet and still bed at home!

Anyone for boat yoga? Motor maintenance inevitably means some contortionism...

Back to sea. Off to the end of land, away from the pastoral, the pretty order of serene lawns, blackbirds and cottages, farms and ploughed earth. The tide carried us back down the sheltered rivers of

After three years of construction, Will Brocklebank takes delivery of only the second Rustler 41 ever built...

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides