Learning the ropes

Chris Carr ventures out to visit just a few of the hundreds of islands in the South Funen Archipelago

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides

There are many highs to cruising around the Adriatic in high summer and getting paid for the pleasure but somehow it’s the shuddering lows that stick in the mind. Given that it is a very human trait t

As time folds in on itself during the long summer days in Scandinavia, a quiet migration occurs: Danes leave the hectic cities for rural bliss by the sea. Tourists replace them in the likes of Copenha

Back to sea. Off to the end of land, away from the pastoral, the pretty order of serene lawns, blackbirds and cottages, farms and ploughed earth. The tide carried us back down the sheltered rivers of

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