Wild times in the Western World - Tom Cunliffe finds music and ale in Ireland

Second-hand group focus - Which modern 34-footer?

Are you getting the best from your GPS? - Duncan Kent looks at some lesser known functions

Flying a kite - Tales of spinnakers JDS would rather not have known

Taking charge - Nigel Colder explains the mysteries of undercharging

A squall story - John Emerson finds a gale where it didn't belong

Finger on the pulse - Battery monitoring equipment investigated by Duncan Kent

Ships, shapes, and Bristol..David Williams reports from the Bristol Festival of the Sea in words and pictures


Columns:

One man and his boat - Peter Cumberlidge and Stormalong

Upriver - Margaret Elliott explores above the bar of the Etel

Looking around - JDS on removal men, spooks, seagulls, spritty barges and dolphins

Libby Purves on cruising - Entertaining strangers

Cruising home - Mark Grimwade brings his classic yawl, Vetiver to Cowes

Practical seamanship - Learning curve, A question of seamanship, Helicopter rescue and much more

Blue water letter - From Mark Scott and Lz'z Hammick in the Red Sea


VIEWS:

Equipment - All the latest new gear

Geartest - Barton lazyjacks

YM Navigator's rose - How to use this month's free gift

On board - Oceanis 381