Scilly season

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

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

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

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

Richard Ayres makes his first Mayday call when his yacht is dismasted and prop fouled close to the Manacle rocks

The Cruising Club of America brought six yacht clubs together for a magnificent Western Isles Cruise in July; Bob Shepton joined the fleet in Oban