steve_cronin
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You ask a simple question about an article in a magazine and ther Rotweillers on this forum just dodge the original question and get their coats ruffled.
So, quite plainly I will give my personal opinion of this month's Yachting World - to which , incidentally I was persuaded (by gifts of bright shiney objects) to subscribe for a minimum of three months. I have subscribed to YM on and offfor at least fifteen years (& read it for nearly 40).
In this month's YW there is a superb article on "Athena".
There is also a comparison test, well written with superb photographs on probably the three most drooled after "must have - realistically" quality yachts around. Namely, Najad 380, Malö 36 and Hallberg-Rassy 37
Also there's:- (& yes I have cut and pasted from their website - a darn sight easier)
Diary of a Yachtmistress
We follow our guinea pig through the last stages of her Fast-Track course up to the Yachtmaster exam
Mongoose
The Caribbean is always called ‘Paradise’, but would you want to share Paradise with a boat called Nobar Toofar, or We B Miss B Haven?
Letters to the Editor
‘Weekend sailors’ in Fastnet ’79, using Visa on the move; Mirabella on a lee shore
Robin Knox-Johnston
It seems the Nanny State is trying to wrap its woolly cardigan around the yachtsman, but will proposed rules designed to make us ‘safer’ actually do so?
Gear
A selection of ideas for Christmas for the serious – or not so serious – yachtsman, from wickedly warm wellies to five-star folding bikes, waterproof phones to a James Bond-style indestructible briefcase
Cruise control
A new generation of sophisticated gyro-stablised autopilots is finding its way into cruising boats, breaking new ground in steering accuracy and reliability. Mike Kopman investigates with the help of some top players in the market
Leading Edge
A new type of rigging, run through with fibre optics, which could measure the stress in your rig
Yachts
Daysailers from America and the Med; latest Volvo 70 design from Frers; a canting-keeled performance 60-footer from Stimson; and a long-legged fast 79-footer from Baltic
US ladies of leisure
At the Annapolis Sailboat Show this year there was a definite trend towards a new type of comfortable daysailer aimed at those in the ‘third age of sailing’
Swedish match – 37-footers tested
Three Swedish yards, three bluewater cruisers almost identical to the untrained eye, all robust, high quality and mahogany-finished. How do you decide between them? Matthew Sheahan attempts to assess the Najad 380, Malö 36 and Hallberg-Rassy 37
Modern Classics: the Dragon
Designed as a small, low-cost weekend cruiser for a design competition in 1927, the Dragon is still going strong as a one-design racing class 75 years on. Sue Pelling sailed a beautifully restored classic version
Here be Dragons
And to celebrate its 75th anniversary, the International Dragon class held a hugely successful regatta in St Tropez, to which 267 boats and a number of royal sailors flocked. Sue Pelling was there too
2004 – a year of record
It was a glorious golden year for the British Olympic team, a disaster of Biblical proportions for the Caribbean in the wake of Ivan, a record-breaking year for the speedsters of the sport and a very busy year for Yachting World’s staff – here it all is in pictures . . .
Jim Clark’s Athena
Move over Mirabella V, Athena is the biggest private sailing yacht in the world and her owner can now be revealed as Jim Clark, the Netscape and Silicon Valley multi-billionaire. David Glenn reports
Cruising
Light dues are shelved for yachtsmen – for the time being; a diabetic plans to be the first to sail round the world; the OCC is 50 years old. Plus: cruising in the Canary Islands after the transatlantic rush
Great seamanship
Fastnet ’79 – of the many dramatic stories of that fateful race, the rescue of RORC training boat Griffin by the French Lorelei is one of the most memorable.
Quite simply, one of the best issues of any mag I've read for many a long time. Most of these topics have been raised by subscribers to this very forum. The pics of Athena make Mirabilious look kind of ordinary.
That's it. Nothing more to say. Off to drive to Corfu next week to lay up the boat
Steve Cronin
<hr width=100% size=1>The above is, like any other post here, only a personal opinion
So, quite plainly I will give my personal opinion of this month's Yachting World - to which , incidentally I was persuaded (by gifts of bright shiney objects) to subscribe for a minimum of three months. I have subscribed to YM on and offfor at least fifteen years (& read it for nearly 40).
In this month's YW there is a superb article on "Athena".
There is also a comparison test, well written with superb photographs on probably the three most drooled after "must have - realistically" quality yachts around. Namely, Najad 380, Malö 36 and Hallberg-Rassy 37
Also there's:- (& yes I have cut and pasted from their website - a darn sight easier)
Diary of a Yachtmistress
We follow our guinea pig through the last stages of her Fast-Track course up to the Yachtmaster exam
Mongoose
The Caribbean is always called ‘Paradise’, but would you want to share Paradise with a boat called Nobar Toofar, or We B Miss B Haven?
Letters to the Editor
‘Weekend sailors’ in Fastnet ’79, using Visa on the move; Mirabella on a lee shore
Robin Knox-Johnston
It seems the Nanny State is trying to wrap its woolly cardigan around the yachtsman, but will proposed rules designed to make us ‘safer’ actually do so?
Gear
A selection of ideas for Christmas for the serious – or not so serious – yachtsman, from wickedly warm wellies to five-star folding bikes, waterproof phones to a James Bond-style indestructible briefcase
Cruise control
A new generation of sophisticated gyro-stablised autopilots is finding its way into cruising boats, breaking new ground in steering accuracy and reliability. Mike Kopman investigates with the help of some top players in the market
Leading Edge
A new type of rigging, run through with fibre optics, which could measure the stress in your rig
Yachts
Daysailers from America and the Med; latest Volvo 70 design from Frers; a canting-keeled performance 60-footer from Stimson; and a long-legged fast 79-footer from Baltic
US ladies of leisure
At the Annapolis Sailboat Show this year there was a definite trend towards a new type of comfortable daysailer aimed at those in the ‘third age of sailing’
Swedish match – 37-footers tested
Three Swedish yards, three bluewater cruisers almost identical to the untrained eye, all robust, high quality and mahogany-finished. How do you decide between them? Matthew Sheahan attempts to assess the Najad 380, Malö 36 and Hallberg-Rassy 37
Modern Classics: the Dragon
Designed as a small, low-cost weekend cruiser for a design competition in 1927, the Dragon is still going strong as a one-design racing class 75 years on. Sue Pelling sailed a beautifully restored classic version
Here be Dragons
And to celebrate its 75th anniversary, the International Dragon class held a hugely successful regatta in St Tropez, to which 267 boats and a number of royal sailors flocked. Sue Pelling was there too
2004 – a year of record
It was a glorious golden year for the British Olympic team, a disaster of Biblical proportions for the Caribbean in the wake of Ivan, a record-breaking year for the speedsters of the sport and a very busy year for Yachting World’s staff – here it all is in pictures . . .
Jim Clark’s Athena
Move over Mirabella V, Athena is the biggest private sailing yacht in the world and her owner can now be revealed as Jim Clark, the Netscape and Silicon Valley multi-billionaire. David Glenn reports
Cruising
Light dues are shelved for yachtsmen – for the time being; a diabetic plans to be the first to sail round the world; the OCC is 50 years old. Plus: cruising in the Canary Islands after the transatlantic rush
Great seamanship
Fastnet ’79 – of the many dramatic stories of that fateful race, the rescue of RORC training boat Griffin by the French Lorelei is one of the most memorable.
Quite simply, one of the best issues of any mag I've read for many a long time. Most of these topics have been raised by subscribers to this very forum. The pics of Athena make Mirabilious look kind of ordinary.
That's it. Nothing more to say. Off to drive to Corfu next week to lay up the boat
Steve Cronin
<hr width=100% size=1>The above is, like any other post here, only a personal opinion
