Adventure please! - Want to climb glaciers in Greenland, race across an ocean, anchor off an atoll in the South Pacific? No problem: see our adventure charter guide

Not many sailors can produce an Olympic Gold medal from their handbag, but Shirley Robertson did when she spoke to Elaine Bunting about her 12 years of hard work leading to Sydney. Iain Percy and Ben Ainslie may not keep theirs in a handbag,but they know it's a passport to new avenues of sailing

Leader - We have the talent, we have the organisation, we have the will, can we now have an America's Cup challenge?

On the wind - Club skipper Fined for contravening COLREG, hurricane scatters BT fleet, Team Philips back in the shed. Cutty Sark pulls out of Tall Ships Race

Letters to the Editor - Why do Lloyd's insist on stainless steel bolts in a wooden hull? A salutary tale of lone sailing, plus a Thorny Question on the 'weight' of the wind

Yachting World diary - Order your 2001 Yachting World diary today!

Dogwatch - Cause for alarm - ingenious methods of keeping yourself awake while single-handing

After the Gold rush - To win her Olympic Gold medal Shirley Robertson had to push herself to the limit for 12 years. She talks to Elaine Bunting about her rollercoaster life. Elaine also asks Ben Ainslie and Iain Percy where they go from here, and Andy Rice finds out how the British team coaches created a 'climate of excellence'

Cruising Log - The modern successor to Bill Tilman on an expedition to Greenland, controversy over Cowes pier and discovering a little-known archipelago off Denmark

Letter from the Caribbean - Pilot book author Chris Doyle joins us for a six- month stint of news and views from the West Indies

Buying your sailing adventure - You don't have to be a top professional or even own a boat to sail across oceans or circumnavigate the globe. Since Chay Biyth launched the BT Global Challenge, a whole host of companies offering myriad adventure charters have sprung up. In this 20-page feature, David Glenn explores the options, from an expedition to the Arctic to a day out on an America's Cup boat

Fishtales - Professional sailors don't have much time for their amateur cousins - so what else is new?

Racing Round-up - Newest boat in the fleet sweeps the board at the Farr 40 Europeans; brother of the more famous Ken, Brad Read takes the J/24 Worlds

Time running out for Volvo? - With less than ten months to go before the start of the Volvo Ocean Race only six campaigns are confirmed. James Boyd finds out who's in and who's hopeful

Xtreme sailing - 150 yachts are vying for the 55 places in next year's Mini-Transat, including a large number of Brits

Firefly - On his yacht Firefly the Editor has designed systems to make light work of single-handing

Leading Edge - Poised to destroy America? How a piece of the Canary Islands could launch a tidal wave

92 Offshore Essentials - It's dirty, it's smelly and we'd rather not have it at all, but for most people fuel is an essential to long- distance cruising. How do you deal with it?

What's new - New wave of walkie-talkies, navigate on your Psion, get around town on a Moboard
New yachts - Designer Chris Stimson is providing a one-stop shop for clients who want to get on the racecourse quickly
Are we speaking the same language? - There was something familiar about the story coming out of the Annapolis Sailboat Show
On test - We look at a bright new Swedish design, the One 40, and a Farr from down under with an unusual interior
SuperSail - Jo Clegg reports from the Med season's last regattas
Deja vu at St Tropez - When classic yachts Muriette and Partridge collided on the final day of Les Voiles de St Tropez it looked as though the incident that destroyed La Nioulargue might be repeated. David Glenn reports
Yachts for sale - Yachts galore in our brokerage pages
Classified ads - Winter bargains and summer charters
Robin Knox-Johnston - To capitalise on Britain's Olympic success we must bring youngsters up through the ranks, says Robin