A sailing revolution
What has been the most significant advance in sailing in the last 1,000 years? asks Andrew Bray

On the wind
Storm in the Admiral’s Cup; the America’s Cup Jubilee Regatta comes to Cowes; sensational trimaran for The Race built in secret

Letters to the Editor
Harbingers of doom?; e-mail on board and confessions of a mung bean-eater

Dogwatch
Pete the Knife – mad, bad and useful on the foredeck

Dutch take the biscuit
. . . while the once-promising Brits pick up the crumbs in the Champagne Mumm Admiral’s Cup. Andrew Preece followed the racing

Bluewater élite
Yachting World’s 1999 rally went to Sweden to feature seven of the best examples of Swedish boatbuilding

Cruising Log
Oftel queries BT’s Portishead closure plans; Coastguard takes on weather and Medico calls

Letter from the Mediterranean
Our correspondent cruises to Lebanon, once the Riviera of the Eastern Med

Storm tactics
Exclusive extract from the latest edition of the yachtsman’s bible, Heavy Weather Sailing