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Long-term cruisers could face second VAT bill after Brexit transition period ends • If you have a news story to share, contact News Editor Katy Stickland Email Katy.Stickland@futurenet.com Tel 0330 390 6738

Futuristic antifoul research starts

NEWS IN NUMBERS

OSTAR record holder Mary Falk dies

Crackdown on jet-skis in Poole

NEWS

Nav equipment checks as DGPS turned off

Invasive species warning for Scottish sailors

Calls for tighter regulations on the Broads

Mayflower autonomous ship launch ahead of Atlantic crossing

ARE WHALES REALLY A THREAT TO CRUISERS? • With reports of orcas ‘attacking’ yachts off the Spanish coast, Katy Stickland investigates what may be driving the whales’ behaviour and what steps cruisers can take to avoid an encounter

LETTERS • Send us your questions in less than 200 words by email yachtingmonthly@futurenet.com or by post Yachting Monthly, Future PLC, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7BF

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SPIRIT 44CR ELECTRIC • A wooden boat that blazes a trail for modern technology and sustainability sounds too good to be true. Theo Stocker went to see if she is as good as promised

SPIRIT 44CR ELECTRIC

SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED • Send your questions to our experts at yachtingmonthly@futurenet.com for the chance to win a bottle of Chilgrove gin

What is the best shallow draft yacht for sailing singlehanded?

A QUESTION OF SEAMANSHIP

THE UK’S 11 FIERCEST TIDE RACES • Breaking waves and lurking rocks have earned some British tide races a fearsome reputation. Dag Pike explains how to navigate them

Surviving a Force 11 storm with a series drogue • Small cruising boats aren’t always fast enough to run away from severe weather. Tony Curphey explains how he survived the Southern Ocean in a Nicholson 32

‘Years of shredded impeller bits had clogged the pipe’ • Martin Fuller lightens his wallet as he finds the solution to an avoidable problem that had clearly been building up for years

How to mouse a halyard • Whether you’re swapping out a new halyard, or mousing the mast over winter, Rubicon 3’s Rachael Sprot explains how to avoid losing the lines in the mast

ALL LAND TO PORT AROUND UK & IRELAND • Jason Lawrence takes in every island of Great Britain and Ireland aboard his solid Sparkman & Stephens 35

GOING SOLO • James Tomlinson describes how he prepared himself and his boat for his first single-handed ocean passage - a two-month 4,000-mile voyage into the Atlantic

Rising teenage star • Timothy Long, 15, is now the youngest skipper to sail solo around Britain. Katy Stickland asked him about his record voyage and his future plans

STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO • All within a day’s sail of mainland Sweden, these islands offer stunning scenery and the chance to escape the crowds, as Nigel Wollen discovers

NEED TO KNOW • The Stockholm archipelago

Lone star • Pip Hare talks to Elaine Bunting about the long road to fulfilling her Vendée dream

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