Far from being a lightweight trailer sailer, Nic Compton finds the third version of this modern classic to be a serious little cruising boat capable of handling far more than a little creek crawling

William Shakespeare is generally noted for being a bit of a sage. Personally I have always thought his comedies lacked a bit of oomph but it must be admitted that he had a great knack of coming up wit

What’s in a name? Quite a lot actually. As an example of the importance of a name, take the example of Royal Mail which, some years back, decided to re name itself as Consignia. I don’t need to tell U

THE NEW SWAN 51, A ‘SPORTSCAR’ FRERS DESIGN, IS NOW THE SMALLEST CRUISING SWAN. BUT WHO’S IT FOR AND HOW DOES IT BEHAVE UNDER SAIL?

DESPITE LOW HEADROOM, SPARTAN ACCOMMODATION AND A POTENTIALLY WET RIDE, THE FOLKBOAT IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC YACHTS OF THE LAST 100 YEARS. NIC COMPTON FINDS OUT WHY

The Ronautica RO330 was imported into the UK and marketed as the Europa RO330 for a while. The RO330 is primarily a fast family cruiser in the same vein as the First 310, First 31.7, First 33.7, Sun F