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SKIPPERS’ TIPS & YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

THIS MONTH’S EXPERTS

KEN ENDEAN is an ex engineer and pilotage enthusiast who cruises a Sabre 27. He has written several sailing books including Channel Havens

OLIVER PERKINS wrote Reading the Clouds when he was just 15, and races dinghies nationally. He sails the family’s Beneteau Oceanis 361

HELEN MELTON and her family have been sailing for decades, most recently exploring Britain and France on their Westerly Ocean 43

BEN SUTCLIFFE-DAVIES is a Chartered Surveyor and contributor to YM. He has been working in the marine industry for many years

CHRISTOPHER SMITH was a physiologist at King’s College, London. Since retiring, he cruises the Med in his Jeanneau Espace 1000

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