A weapon for abolition

None of us plans to be caught in a gale, but if it happens then both the boat and the crew must cope. Jake Kavanagh speaks to Jester Challenge skippers and asks how they get ready for stormy weather

One of the most romantic names from the Age of Sail is the Cutty Sark, the 19th-century British tea clipper that sailed across the world. The ship is now a museum in Greenwich, South-East London, but

The seasoned polar explorer Franklin lost two vessels and 129 men, himself included, in the late 1840s, searching for the route that would take 3,000nm off the sea route to the Orient. Even though glo

Your interesting feature about the role of medieval warhorses in shaping British history (August) reminded me of a subsequent occasion in which horsepower became a critical factor. In April 1660, with

Early on 8 November 1942, Adolf Hitler’s special train was en route from Berlin to Munich when it was stopped at a small station in the Thuringian Forest to receive an urgent message from the Foreign

Fourteen yacht clubs assembled two-boat teams to contest the ‘unofficial’ world cup of yachting, gathering Admiral’s Cup veterans reliving their dreams through to youth crews realising theirs in compe