Riding the river - Past the fearsome Reversing Falls where the Saint John River empties into the Bay of Fundy is a cruising ground of shallow lakes and green meadows. John and Jane Gibb relax in Canada
Firefly - Now the Editor's new boat has had her first season, he considers things that worked and those that didn't
Spirit of Tobago - Comfort Cruising at the Angostura Yachting World Tobago Sail Week with Andrew Bray
Caribbean dreaming - A review of the Gib'Sea 43, likely to be the charter yacht of choice at next year's Tobago Sail Week
Racing Round-up - It's all happening in Sardinia! Reports from the Maxi Rolex Cup, the Swan Cup and Sardinia Cup. Plus news from the one tonners and 18ft Skiffs
Xtreme sailing - A new maxi-multi for Olivier de Kersauson and news from the 60ft trimaran series
Leading Edge - A is for Anorak and for A-Frame rig. Do you have to be one to understand the other?
Offshore Essentials: 2 Watchkeeping - Brian Savage helps you devise a foolproof watch system to suit you and your boat
The Show must go on - Rain, more rain and a nationwide fuel crisis failed to dampen the enthusiasm of serious bargain-hunters at the Southampton Boat Show
SuperSail - J Class fleet to race in Christchurch Bay; an awesome sight in Dartmouth; Ed Dubois's bulging order book
The maxi factor - Twenty four of the sexiest racing maxis gathered in Sardinia for their annual bash round the islands. Matthew Sheahan tried his hand at crewing
Yachts for sale - 1,000s of yachts in our brokerage pages
Classified ads - Browse for hours in our 'for sale' pages
Robin Knox-Johnston - The chance to be first to circle Britain single-handed was too great a challenge to be ignored
Leader - It is not the least-experienced crew on watch who cause problems but those with a little experience ...
On the wind - Brits go for Gold at Sydney Olympics; a new look for Portsmouth Harbour; Team Philips is back in the water and The Race will definitely go ahead
BT Challenge - Alex Phillips leads the fleet into Boston on the first leg of the BT Global Challenge
Letters to the Editor - Safety - no nannying, please; are watermakers really 'offshore essentials'; Thorny Questions answered
Dogwatch - Reminiscing over father's tall tales
Global ambition - Over 100 days of solitary racing face the entrants in the Vendee Globe Challenge. James Boyd previews this tough round-the-world race and talks to three British competitors with a good chance of winning
Cruising Log - An expedition in the footsteps of Shackleton, cheaper electronic charts and cruising the canals of Holland. Plus, a round-up of news from the ARC
Letter from the Mediterranean - Tony Collingridge bids farewell to the Med and heads out through the Straits of Gibraltar
Moving mountains - Tenacious by name and tenacious by nature a small charity has managed to construct the largest wooden tall ship in the world. How did they do it?, asks Elaine Bunting
Wet & wild - When the Mistral hit the fleet of Swans lined up for the Swan Cup in Sardinia, there was some pretty spectacular racing. Matthew Sheahan was there
Fishtales - Single-handing has often been vilified but those solo sailors of the Sixties were true pioneers