CONTENTS DECEMBER 2012
ISSUE188
NEWS AND VIEWS 8 SAILING NEWS
Give away your boat for free and the latest on a man in a giant hamster wheel.
12 VIEW FROM THE RYA
VHF protocol from Richard Falk.
88 READERS’ LETTERS
114 RIDING LIGHT
Colin Jarman talks summer weather and fishing.
FEATURES 14
NEW
Photo: Rick Buettner
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BAVARIA 46 VISION
Bavaria 46 Vision – a stylish German brisk cruiser put through her paces.
22 INDIAN OCEAN
Let Rod Heikell be your guide to the remotest ocean on earth.
28 OYSTER SMACK RESTORED
Our Boats – A 1907 Oyster smack blurring the line between hobby and full time job.
32 KO SAMUI CHARTER
There’s more to this pretty corner of the world than The Beach and typhoons.
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38 USED DUFOUR 35
The Editor rediscovers psychedelic berth cushions and colourful interior mouldings.
44 YACHTMASTER
Ivory Hackett-Evans gets to grips with both the theoretical and practical aspects.
50 MY MARINA: DOVER
There’s more to Dover than cross channel ferries and cross harbourmasters.
57 BOAT INSURANCE UNCOVERED Jake Frith investigates whether all yacht insurance policies are really the same.
Julian Kimberley proves his mastery of one pot boat cooking with a sausage casserole.
COVER IMAGE The Bavaria 46 Vision in the western Solent. Photo: Rick Buettner
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86 CRUISING CUISINE
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