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Changes to Immigration Act will not criminalise boaters
Increase in unseaworthy boats
Life-saving tow by ARC+ crew
Fair winds to pioneering multihull designer James Wharram
Survey appeal
Enviroment Agency U-turn
Rolex World Sailors of the Year announced
New transatlantic race winner finishes in homemade boat
Spirit and BAR to build electric flyer
New electronic form for pleasure craft travelling to and from the UK
Government’s Returned Goods Relief condition waiver
DIARY DATES
SOUTH COAST AND CHANNEL ISLANDS
WEST COAST, WALES AND IRELAND
SCOTLAND
EAST COAST AND SOUTH-EAST
Restoration fundraiser appeal
MacGregor adaptations
Red-faced skipper confession
In praise of grafting editors
Standard wallpaper stripper tip
British rivals to La Vagabonde?
Gonna need a bigger shed… • …or perhaps a smaller boat is the answer to the impractical boat owner’s storage problems
A sticky situation • Stitch and glue, the bodger’s charter – avoiding the pitfalls of boatbuilding at home
Winter musings • Did my indomitable Aunt Ysabel have the best year forecasting method?
Harmony 47 • Peter Poland trials two versions of the popular charter yacht – a standard ‘Elegance’ in the Cyclades and more bespoke ‘Esprit Vintage’ model
Cirrus sinking • Boats with ballast and no buoyancy can go down like a brick, as Clive Marsh discovers
Scandinavian Summer • George DuBose explores capital cities and lonely islands on a cruise from the Netherlands to northern Denmark
The great river of waiting • Owen Moorhouse recalls building an ‘unsinkable’ canoe from sheet metal and endeavouring to master the wild Whanganui River on it
Anglesey adventure • Sam Griffiths and his dad go dinghy sailing in the challenging waters of North Wales
Rupert Holmes reports on the latest in electric propulsion
A spectacular yacht blaze • Prolific Learning from Experience author Chris Mardon recalls a suspicious yacht fire in the Caribbean
LESSONS LEARNED
Laying an artificial teak deck • Giles Fraser takes on the challenging but rewarding task of replacing the teak deck on his Swan 43 ketch Elisabeth
From historic teak to modern Flexiteek
Teak alternatives
‘We re-caulked our own decks’
Which battery is best for my boat? • Ali Wood looks at power requirements and the pros and cons of wet, gel, AGM, lead carbon and lithium-ion batteries
Power management • Ali Wood gets some expert advice from Ecobat on setting up a sensible battery charging regime
What’s the charge? • Gilbert Park installs a Victron BMV-712 battery monitor
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7 new-generation anchors • Would your boat benefit from upgrading to a better anchor? Rupert Holmes explains the options to suit
Easier engine starting • Stephen Carter creates his own cockpit remote engine start system
Creating galley work surface • Hedley Ritchie makes more space for just over a tenner
Unblocking a holding tank outlet • Andrew Grogono makes good use of air pressure
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