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YM reports from the ARC and explores the savage splendour of Norway's awe-inspiring Arctic archipelago

CRUISING

Atlantic dreams come true
Mark Fishwick reports from the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the world’s largest trans-ocean sailing event

Destinations: Strangford Lough
Comprehensive cruise guide, packed with up-to-date local knowledge

Priceless Peyton!
Mike Peyton’s biographer describes their first encounter

Me and my chart table
A tour of HMS Belfast’s chart room with her former navigating officer

Midnight sun sailing
The savage splendour of Norway’s awe-inspiring Arctic archipelago

Why fit a plotter in the cockpit?
Graham Snook looks at the options

SAILING SKILLS

Expert on board: How to stay safe with radar
Tom Cunliffe and radar expert Alan Watson look at a classic case of ‘radar-assisted collision’

Skipper’s tips l
Electronic depth contours - Winter fendering - Easy berthing

A question of seamanship
Recovering a halyard from the mast head at sea PLUS Sailing skills library

Weather wise: jet stream
Simon Keeling explains the impact of the jet stream on British weather and how to predict its effect

Know your kit: Loran returns
The land-based predecessor to GPS is staging a remarkable comeback

Learning curve
A tanker comes to the rescue of a sinking yacht in the Red Sea

Any questions?
Why do autopilots turn themselves off? Can tighter rig tension create a leak? Do you have to motor in fog?

BOATS & GEAR

Contessa 32 vs Bavaria 32
The legendary ‘plastic classic’ meets the brand-new wunderkind – which scored the highest marks?

Group gear test
Emrhys Barrell evaluates 16 powersaving LED cabin lights that could replace your battery-sucking halogen and tungsten bulbs

New gear
Sail-by-wire software - Collapsible bucket - MOB recovery system

REGULARS

The view from the helm

Cruising news e-Borders shock date

Letters Readers’ views and opinions

Libby Purves
Charting betrayal

Tom Cunliffe
Why spoil Yarmouth?

Nigel Calder
Fibre rigging for cruisers

YM index 2009
A year of Yachting Monthly articles

The Confessional
Readers own up to their sailing sins