Pirate hunters

Visit any waterside tavern along the coast of Britain and you’re likely to hear some yarn about its smuggling past, no doubt embellished with each sip of ale: barrels clandestinely offloaded onto a mo

There are many highs to cruising around the Adriatic in high summer and getting paid for the pleasure but somehow it’s the shuddering lows that stick in the mind. Given that it is a very human trait t

In Potopaddu harbour, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, we were navigating through a narrow and tricky channel, with minimal depths, which then widened into a large, sheltered pool. There were seve

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides

Where newspapers came from

The art of juggling tea and a muffin while not tripping over or getting whacked on the head