Features:
Wake wars - Can sailors and powerboaters live in harmony? We swap helrr to find out
In a Purbeck world - From the rugged diffs at Durdle Door to the sleepy backwaters of Poote Harbour, Ken Endean offers a guide to some k>vety Dorset anchorage;
Which Epirb? - Simon Jinks looks at whafs nei in the Electron k Position Indicating Radio Beacons mark
Blue Water adventurers - Paul Gelder flies to windward for 18 hours to meet the Blue Water Round the World Ralty sailors at their halfway stage in Tahiti
Voyage of the Ciao - John Close, 76, had not been on a boat for 20 years when he volunteered to crew a 40ft Bavaria to Gran Canaria. Now he wonders why he ever stopped
Stability and STIX - Our seaworthiness series continues. By Andrew Blyth
Destinations -Ploumanach - Set in a pink-granite landscape, there is something magical about Ploumanac'h. Sail here and you could end up staying all summer, says Peter Cumberlidge
A labour of love - Noel Barrott spent 12 years building Sina, a 53ft yawl, and has been circumnavigating with his family for the last seven. Colin Lowe met him in the Canaries
French island hopping - part 4 - From Belle lie to the wild, windswept islands of Houat and Hoedic, Ken Endean discovers some stunning scenery

On Test:
Wauquiez 40 - The smallest in the Wauquiez range of deck-saloon cruisers is tested by James Jermain
Macwester Wight 30 - A second-hand motor-sailer is put through her paces

Regulars:
Editorial - On Watch
Readers' letters - Any Questions?
YM subscriptions - Next Month and YM book
Libby Purves - New nautical books
Blue Water Letter - Niki Perryman in Bermuda
Blue Water Bookshelf - A new batch of faraway guides and companions New Gear
A-Z of second-hand boats - If you are looking for a used boat, read the Jeanneau story and get the gen on the Jaguars Around the Coast Property A window on Wales The Confessional
A Question of Seamanship - Tacking angles Learning Curve Aground! Peter Holt hits a sandbank near the Goodwins The vice versa knot By Geoffrey Budworth Yachtmaster Class Tom Cunliffe on the crew's responsibilities
Better Boat Handling - Simon Jinks describes vital search patterns for finding a man overboard
Sea Sense with DesSleightholme - Is it safe to leave your boat unmanned in a strange anchorage?
Mini Quiz -Win an ICOM hand-held VHP radio

This month's cover photo: Sail vs power, the debate rumbles on. See Wake Wars, p28. Photo by Patrick Roach