In W92, our March/April 2012 issue - in leading UK newsagents from 23 February - you’ll find….

• Bring me sunshine, you plead – Kathy Mansfield does precisely that with her photo feature on last summer’s Raid on the Venice lagoon. click to see

• If Noddy had a boat – In the second part of Graham Young’s double-header on the building of his capable little cruiser Pickle, he completes the fit-out and finally goes afloat. click to see

•Still with motorboats – Paul Gartside has full building plans for a good old-fashioned Gentleman’s Launch driven by a good old-fashioned diesel. All she needs is a good old-fashioned builder. click to see

• Morgan – A suitable case for treatment? Or a good case for replacement? Trevor Cherrett recalls his modest motorboat of times past and celebrates the new custom Bristol 22 which has replaced her… er… him. click to see

• The Lady Varnishes – Katie Freebody of Peter Freebody & Co, the yard which led the revival of classic craft on the Thames gives Kathy Mansfield a masterclass in achieving a fine finish. click to see

• What country, friends, is this?  – Maryna and Olek, Filip and Peter set sail from Poland in Black Betty and Trinidad – the little plywood luggers they built from kits – on the Great Baltic Dinghy Passage to Sweden. click to see

• And yes, the deadline for your entries in the Great Water Craft Makita Cordless Canoe Challenge is also on the horizon. click to see to see this year’s great prizes and Click here for Louise Hillier’s video of last year’s event.