From exploding lightbulbs to the Knights Templar – via Ron Howard and the Daleks

For those dreaming of the joys of owning a yacht, Nick Ridley offers encouragement as well as a look at the harsher reality of financing your dreams

The Barbary corsair ship appeared suddenly on the horizon, bristling with cannon. Its decks swarming with armed men, it sliced through the waves at a clip that its quarry – the British merchant ship A

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

Confronting the consequences of other people’s actions

Jane Archer samples an island-hopping Caribbean cruise with a difference on board a sailing ship