Anyone skippering a yacht has so much on their plate it can be easy to overlook some obvious fundamentals.

Here’s a handy guide from PBO contributor Sticky Stapylton, who advocates the use of forms and lists as aides-memoire so nothing important is forgotten.

Find the full article in the October 2013 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine, out in the shops this Thursday, 12 September.

Click here to download Sticky’s forms.