Features:
'Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated' - Les Powles describes how he came back from the dead
Modern heating systems - The options for keeping warm in the winter
Heat of the moment - Is DIY-fitting of a heating system feasible? We follow a typical installation
Taste of the Trade Winds - Geoff Pack joins the RAFYC Trade Winds Rally
Staying in line - Keeping the engine and shaft in alignment, by Nigel Colder
New lamps for old - Tom Cunliffe explains the thinking behind his new pilot cutter
Your genuine storm front - fDS mourns the passing of Real Men's oilskins
The French Lieutenant's legacy - A report from Brest''96, by Adrian Morgan
One summer's day on the Seine - A trip as far up the Seine as one tide will allow

Columns:
Practical seamanship - Learning curve, A Question of seamanship, Weather facts, and much more
Looking around - JDS expresses his inimitable view of the yachting scene
Libby Purves on cruising - In sailing terms, variety is the spice of life
One man and his boat - A diminutive gaffer, the 20ft Westcoaster Tricia II
Cruising home - A Golden Hind running downwind to Wales
Blue water letter - Hugh Marriott reports from New Zealand

Reviews:
Equipment - All the latest gear
Geartest - Spinlock's Powervang VX rod kicker
On board - Moody 36
Second look - The unsinkable Sadler 26
Boatchat - A genuine classic relaunched, the Contessa 32

Regulars:
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On watch
Readers' letters
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YM books
YM videos
Around the coast
Around Europe 146
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