Per Harrtoft shows how much fun you can have on a fast open day boat

From the otherworldly landscapes of Iceland to Italy’s white-capped mountains – if you love the cold, in these destinations winter is always coming...

My motives for this trip were varied. I was on the committee that vetted applications for the Ocean Cruising Club’s Challenge Grant when Project Manaia had applied for a grant to support their environ

Tony Moss and his wife Marike cross the North Sea to sail around Britain anticlockwise, braving the Scottish summer along the way

Marsali Taylor swaps skippering her Offshore 8m for being crew on a converted herring drifter, with comfy berths in the former fish hold

Our journey from the UK to Norway was trouble-free, stopping over at plain but pleasant park-ups in Holland, Germany (twice), and finally Denmark. Boarding the ferry in Hirtshals, Denmark, we were exc