Getting a Legend to go - In this month's sail clinic, David Harding looks at sail-trimming on a Legend 336
Trapper 500 - We assess this popular boat as a secondhand buy
Sketchbook - Keeping cool without a fridge, by Dick Everitt
Going about - With industrialised production now the norm, Andrew Simpson muses on alternatives to buying a production boat
Tree's company - Trailer Jack has a brush with nature while trailer-sailing in Bablock Hythe
PBO products - Update your library now!
New gear - Portable pressure pumps; windvane self-steering; hands-free lighting
The wireless generation - Sarah Norbury meets the brains behind Tacktick's easy-to-install instruments
Chart updates - Revisions from the Admiralty, compiled by Gary Rowitt
Bosun's bag - The lighter side of boating, with Jake Kavanagh
Hook, line and stinker - Rope round the prop while uptide of sharp boulders - find out how one reader coped with this experience
Traditional varnish - Some boat owners swear by it, but does traditional varnish stand up to the harsh rays of the Med? Read our 10-month test to find out
Ask the experts - Correct storage of gas cylinders; lead keel corrosion; identifying a dead battery; choosing a rope cutter; ancient and hazardous outboards
Steering by the wind - Everything you always wanted to know about windvanes - just ask Andrew Simpson in the first of a two-part series
Buyers' guide: - which traditional dayboat? - Nic Compton reviews nine of the smartest new gaff-riggers on the water
Staying in touch - Colin Jones keeps you up to date with the latest in cruising communications
Practical projects - Gunter gaff bar and rig; a liferaft fit for the Pacific; absorbing the shock on lines; a loo with a holding tank; freeing a jammed centreboard
Magical Mystery - This outstanding 35-footer from Hunter Boats offers restrained elegance and tradition - but with a twist, says David Harding
Waiting for the tide - Roll out those Laser days of summer; 20,000 miles in a Drascombe Lugger
Logbook - Tidal wave in Menorca; Pete Goss to trek to Antarctica; ARC fully booked
Zero to hero - RYA training manager James Stevens asks how we measure sailing experience
Make a date - Shows, jumbles, spectator events
Cruising notes - Digital weather forecasts; French cuisine comes to Cornwall; Rome marina discount
Readers' forum - Your letters and emails. This month: who's living in the real world?
PBO Puzzle - Win Imray 2000 chart folios and pilot books of your choice
PBO Watchdog - Telling us which products and services you swear by, and which you swear at
New boats - Greenland Yachts 42; Seaquest 36; Tuccoli 30; Viva 700
A quiet night at anchor? - How do you drop the hook? Everyone has their own theory, but Jake Kavanagh knows the tricks of the trade
Inshore around Cornwall - Graham Swanson's pilotage guide from Helford River to Wadebridge
Choosing a new engine - Diesel or petrol? How much power? Pat Manley looks at the options
Building a trusty trailer-sailer - Barrie Raby describes how he took his Hartley 14 from plans to the slip