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Sir Robin leads Euro visa campaign • News and current affairs from the world of boating
What about cruising in Eire?
‘We’ll learn and come back stronger’
Red diesel reprieve apart from NI
Contessa 32 party off
New award launched
Challenge to meet every British Harbour Master continues
Call for post-Brexit reconsideration
Fair winds to Fay Armstrong
Cruising achievements celebrated
Virtual Sailability conference
Looping around New Zealand
DIARY DATES
SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS
WEST COAST, WALES AND IRELAND
SCOTLAND
EAST COAST AND SOUTH-EAST
Letters • I was very interested to see your article on Polish boats as I have for some years now been ‘owned’ by a Teliga 21 Sportiva, presumably made in the Szczecin yard named after the first Polish circumnavigator. This has a lifting keel and, from the stern, looks quite similar to the Conrad 760 shown in your article, although that is from a different yard.
Every day’s a school day • Sailing tuition is, in itself, a learning experience
A fresh start • There’s a sniff of salt in the air… and a work list
Putting the boat back together • The first sail of the year proved total chaos
Little boats with big ideas • If you’re after a pocket-sized long-keeler, the Yarmouth 22 or 23 might be prime candidates, says David Harding
9 super Swedish yachts • Sweden is the source of many of the most innovative and popular designs of the past 80 years, reports Rupert Holmes
Folkboat
Albin Vega
Scampi 30
Hallberg-Rassy Rasmus 35
Maxi 95
Najad 380
Sweden Yachts 340
Malo 36
Albin 25
Cornish Shrimper celebration • From humble beginnings the Cornish Shrimper Owners Association is going from strength to strength, as Peter Poland reports
West Country to the Scillies • Lorraine Owen rediscovers her old cruising ground during a summer of COVID restrictions
Still going strong after all these years • Loris Goring seizes the chance to look over Sea Hound of Dart, the Goring Hardy 9.4 motor cruiser he helped design 45 years earlier
New Gear • Rupert Holmes looks at an integrated future
Choosing antifouling • Nothing slows a boat like fouling on the hull. Here’s how to choose the antifouling that’s best for your boat and budget
Types of fouling
The future of antifouling
Which antifouling should you choose? • In 2015 PBO tested 20 paints in 13 locations around the country. After a season in the water our test panels showed
Which antifouling suits your boat? • So which paint should you choose? That depends not only on where you go boating but also the type of boat you have. Here’s a quick guide to the products available from four of the UK’s leading brands
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Mastering the rigging • Your yacht’s rig remains upright thanks to the right balance of compression and deflection, as Owen Brown explains
A stitch in time… just!
Rise of the Falcon • Zoran Glozinic gives new life to an abandoned daysailer
Manchester boatbuilding company • Two college friends experience the joy of building a boat from scratch
How to check your rigging • A screwdriver, a straight edge and a good set of...