A boat covered in green mould

How do you distinguish a real bargain boat from one that’s not worth restoring, even if it’s free? Rupert Holmes has some sage advice

The marine alternator had to be removed so the problem could be found

Ali Wood gets to grips with Maximus’s faulty electrical system after some unexpected failures made an appearance on passage

A blue boat sink

Fitting out a boat of any size can quickly get pricey, so Zoran Glozinic repurposes some ‘non yachting items’ for a small sailing cruiser’s new plumbing system

A cockpit cover on a boat

Michael Wright makes life more comfortable by creating an extra ‘room’ on board with a smart new cockpit cover for his Nicholson 31

A orange hull of a boat

Richard Rogers explains how to insulate the hull of a small yacht for high latitudes sailing to cold, remote and beautiful places