Cruising guide Try the Worcs and Birmingham if its tunnels and locks you want.

Boat test "Black Magic" 69ft prestige spells out a difference

Get connected -staying in touch out and about on the cut.

Brum boat show -New Boats, new gear at the NEC

Win £590 of electrical kit.

Cruising guide - discover London's other river The Lee & Stort Navigations

Holiday special - the perfect canal break- region by region

It changed my life - The story of Blue Line Cruisers

Coats for boats - keep warm - a selction of coats and jackets to keep you warm.

Win £850 canal boat holiday

Plus all the regular features.

Cruising Guide to Highlights of South Yorkshire - Sheffield & Soth Yorks

Free "fun freedom adventure" and win show tickets to Brimingham Boat & Caravan show

Features- Boat Test Bath Narrowboats, May's Days, TNC in Ireland, Flood nightmare, history The French Canals

Restoration- Sankey Canal, Restoration News

Backcabin - Wash & Go, Ask the experts, Food, New Products, Six gas free boats, Diary events walks stoppages

Cruising the Kennet & Avon part 1 Reading to Devizes

280 hours rebuilding "National" engine.

Boat test "Beacon Bargain"

Dear Santa - the writers compile their Christmas list

Boat test "Kerry Gold" a classy craft from the Nantwich Canal Centre

Secrets of the BCN cruising guide reveals the many faces of Birmingham's Canals

Caught on Camera - a Unique photographic record of post-war canals

6 used widebeams

Head for the hills- cruising guide to the South Pennine Ring

The sound of silence - boat test on an electric narrowboat

Towpath test - compare 6 folding bicycles

FMC remembered - The Fellows, Morton & Clayton 60 years on.

and much more

146 pages

Secrets of the Southern GU

6 Boats for Families

The finest butchers we've found by Jo May

Boat Test - Grumpy Git - Why it's a lot more cheerful than the name suggests

Cruising Guide - South Pennine Ring 38 Miles, 127 locks and the UK's longest tunnel

August Issue:-

The route to the National - Full guide from the canals to the IWA Festival at St. Ives

6 Boats to buy with engine rooms

Riverside resorts - pleasure boating from the past

Crick Show report 21 boats reviewed

Jo May goes down the drain.

Also more stories, - new writers - better photographs - new boating basics guide

162 pages packed full

Tackling the tidal Trent

Dutch Barge Special

Go inside Poland's canal boat factory

Buying a used barge

Cheshire Ring part two

Final part How to go solo: top tips for the single-hander

How to buy a narrowboat -All a beginner needs to know

Squaring the Circle - Our solo traveller arrives back home

Going Gas-Free - All electic luxury in this 70ft life aboard - Boat test

Going green - alternative power sources

Cruising the Cheshire Ring - Guide to the famous Ring begins a new series.

Crick show preview plus win tickets

Dirty weekend -we tackle the BNC clean-up

Russell Newbery - the great survivor

Keep your cool - All you need to know about boat fridges

Midland Marathon - Full guide to the Warwickshire Ring

Big Fish - More modern magic - boat report

Birmingham show report

How to pick an engine

Boat test "Belle" is a Ball

Full cruising guide to the Upper Thames and Solo adventure to "Brum for a Balti"

Cruising in France and Scotland

Royal River- part one of our Thames Guide

Freight - Canal carriers then and now

Pies and Pints - Jo May on Pubs

Highs and Lows - Solo through winter

Making waves - boat test - of an impressive new Sea Otter

The Cuts latest news

A pint on the Lee & Stort

Solo on the LLangollen

To Stratford for Shakespeare

How to buy a used narrowboat and testing a green machine