Rocket launch

Rupert Holmes looks at one of the most desirable cruising yachts of the Sadler era, as well as some alternative boats

Back in the 1970s multihull saillors were generally a pretty esoteric lot. It didn’t help that Donald Crowhurst ushered in the new decade with his tragic exploits in his Teignmouth Electron trimaran.

Many years back as a young journalist I was invited to a press conference at a hotel complex where the smooth-talking owner presented an exciting plan to build a series of ‘Eco Pods’ on the land behin

Rather unexpectedly, Bentley recently joined forces with James Otter, the Cornwall-based shaper of wooden surfboards, to produce a board featuring koa veneer selected from the woodstore at the Bentley

Often overlooked and rarely serviced as often as they should be, winches are a vital element of any sailing boat’s deck gear. But the winch your boat comes with doesn’t have to be the winch you stick

Want to stop battling with deck gear and tripping over ropes? Ali Wood has some tips to help make the most of this crucial space