Yachting World July 2010
On sale: Thu, 10 Jun 2010
From the Editor
Our Editor Andrew Bray returns in time to say goodbye
On the Wind
Jessica Watson, teenage global sensation; Falmouth Coastguard rescues starving Pacific Islanders (among others); Big Class glamour in Solent; hitching a ride on a TP52
The Walrus
Never mind gismos, we want a foolproof loo
Letters
Cork Clipper's 'error of judgment'; ban wingsails in the America's Cup; how to take down a kite with a Very pistol!
Robin Knox-Johnston
Flukey winds in the China Sea Race
Gear
High-tech carbon boat bike; protect your luff with a foil feeder; Admiralty charts on iPhone
Gear focus: lithium-ion batteries
Lighter and more efficient, lithium-ion is the future for marine batteries. Toby Hodges investigates the new technology
Leading Edge
Flexi solar panels to help you take charge
Yachts
A revolving nav table, a canting keel? - this is the ingenious new cruiser, the JP54
On test - Murtic 52
Conceived by a painter's son, this all-carbon cruiser is a blend of art and technology
20 big ideas that will change the way you sail
Which innovative ideas in the pipeline will have the greatest impact on our sport. The editorial team does some crystal gazing
Pushing the right buttons
Why push-button racing is not as relaxing as you might suppose. David Glenn is headsail trimmer for 152ft Windrose of Amsterdam at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta
No clouds on Antigua carnival
Meanwhile, Toby Hodges has a cracking Antigua Sailing Week, despite the threat to numbers from the ash of an Icelandic volcano
The Sultan's dayboat
South African would-be restorer Dudley Isaac is intrigued by the exotic past of a lovely daycruiser mouldering on a lake
Cruising
What can be done to reduce collisions between whales and boats?; 200 days in captivity - the Chandlers' plight.
Special Report: the options for shipping your cruiser
The further adventures of Berrimilla
One circumnavigation to take part in the Fastnet and Sydney-Hobart was not enough for two retired Australians in a 33-footer. They did it again - via the North West Passage
Great Seamanship
Barge in a storm on the UK's East Coast
Performance World
Kings of Cork - past winners reveal their secrets for victory in Ireland's best-loved regatta. Plus: on board Team Origin 1851, Britain's new TP52 for the Audi MedCup
SuperSail
Three spectacular projects from grand-prix designers Reichel Pugh, one a 180ft ketch
Yachts for sale
Classified ads
One Amazing Day
Maldwin Drummond meets the goddess Circe
