WAITING FOR THE TIDE with the Editor
Headsail rig for motorboats by Nigel Warren
Motorboating through France by Dr. E. L. HoweMs
Navigator's Notebook with Geoff Lewis
Boats Power & Sail - conducted by Rodger Witt
Trailing - two views by John Larminie and John Mines
Ballast - the right way by Denny Desoutter
CRUISING NOTES with Mark Brackenbury
Books for the Boat Owner
Ocean cruising wives - Jimmy Cornell conducts a survey
Yanmar 1GM diesel - John Watney's photoguide
Boat Owner's Sketchbook by Dick Everitt
Renovating a Thames skiff by Andrew Hutchinson
Dinghy sailing with Dave Jenkins
DEAR SIR...
MARINE EQUIPMENT DIGEST edited by Dave Greenwell

COVER: Blue water cruising, by John Campbell