Special features:
Making the Most of Fenders: JDS shows what they can do
Clean Thoughts and Cold Gaffs: a refreshing look at an old rig, by JDS
Naff Gaff: cartoons by Nick Newman
Mooring Warps: how to choose and use them
Give Your Boat a Medical: get fit for the season with Tony Staton Bevan
Yachting Monthly Triangle: more about our new shorthanded race

Cruising:
Still Only March: but Arline Liggett nearly went cruising
Stormbound in Stornoway: Scottish weather alters Dick Skinner's plans
The Sands of the Riddle: Caroline Heifer follows Dulcibella
Scheherazade Sails to the Seychelles: by Peter Bremer-Kemp
Francesca and the Flying Fish: a child's view of ocean cruising

Reviews:
Spring Market: new equipment for a new season
Gib'sea 84: lots of space in 28ft
Frolic 18: a small yacht for the family
Scanyacht 36: Ed Dubois designed motor-sailer

Regular articles:
Editorial
On Reflection: an occasional series by Michael Richey
Readers' Letters: your views and opinions
On Watch: notes, news, faces and places
The Confessional
Looking Around with Bill Beavis
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