All your instructional guides for Cruising

12 Apr 2010

Electrics are the hidden but essential part of any cruising boat.

07 Apr 2010

How can you assess if a chart you are using is reliable? Mike Prince, Director of Charting, Australian Hydrographic Service, tackles this and other related issues.

29 Mar 2010

Should you fix it or flick it? Matt Cummings debates the question that has given many a cruiser a headache when an engine past the first flush of youth decides to take an unscheduled break.

24 Mar 2010

The ultimate grounding of your yacht is to hit the hard stuff - the 'bricks' or the rocks.

17 Mar 2010

Any checklist aimed at trouble-free cruising is based on endless preparation, and real preparation should never be based on electronic dependence.

10 Mar 2010

Getting from A to B offshore can be demanding enough, let alone in a boat you are unfamiliar with and in a strange country. Sharon Smallwood explains how she and husband Julian prepared for the task when they took delivery of a new boat in Malaysia.

01 Mar 2010

John Needs and his family find plenty to like about their ever-green Mottle 33, Cascade.

01 Mar 2010

Have you ever read a cruising story and become so involved with the voyage that you almost felt you were on board? Well, this is what marine artist Jack Woods feels as he works on his paintings of cruising yachts. He talks about his passion.

24 Feb 2010

Ever seen funny-looking numbers in the stats box at the end of a boat review? Weird stuff like ballast/displacement = 0.35 or SA/disp = 16.7? John Champion explains what they mean and how to use them to help you determine which boat is right for you.

16 Feb 2010

Should the electronic plotter go on the blink or the handheld GPS fail, what do you do?