Saare’s new flagship might look conservative, but those lines hide a thoroughly modern cruiser that takes the fight to the yard’s bigger rivals. Theo Stocker went to find out how she measures up

Jersey-based Graham Root joins the Our Boats crew with his first ever motorboat…

My last email ended with this: We are both very much looking forward to our Tasman Sea crossing to Nelson, New Zealand. The sea with its infinite cleansing powers should wash away all that earth life

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them

Ben Lowings looks at the history of the 17ft salmon seiner Shambler , and how it has become a true community boat

A cruise? Give it 30 years. That was the conclusion of our editor-in-chief, Claire Sanderson, before she climbed aboard a ship designed with family harmony in mind. Here, she explains how she became a cruising convert