West country adventure

Simon Ellis completes the final leg of his three-month sabbatical cruise along the South Coast of England

As we settled into our charter boat, a Beneteau 42, on its Newport, Rhode Island mooring, I checked the weather forecast and feared we might not make our planned destination of Nantucket island. Verit

Nick Burnham: I have to say that it was strangely satisfying and rather brilliant

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

John Willis explains the consequences of cresting a bigger-than-expected wave while helming his 25ft motorboat

Brittany in winter can be wild, wet and windy and not an obvious choice for spending the off season on board. But southern Brittany in particular has many charming advantages, as Detlef Jens found out