Editor’s letter News Letters Tom Cunliffe Dick Durham A good read The Confessional

‘The hidden risk of tender moments’ • Centralised Coastguard confusion • Met Office loses BBC contract • Copper anitfoul approved • Taught to use outboards • Drown like a gentleman • Boat test warnings • Slipping standards Is a mooring abroad worth the trip? How welcome are British sailors? Stevenson’s salvation in a shipwreck Readers own up to their sins...