Every day’s a school day

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

Like all good things that happen to us, it was an accident I started writing pilots for the Mediterranean. It all began when I was skippering a flotilla around the Saronic and eastern Peloponnese in G

CELTIC DEEPS KAYAK BLUES

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

THERE MIGHT LATER BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REDEEM YOURSELF, BUT SOMETIMES BEING A SKIPPER MEANS MAKING UNPOPULAR CHOICES

JUST YOU AND YOUR PARTNER, ON A YACHT. IT’S THE DREAM SCENARIO – BUT HOW TO ENSURE YOU BOTH ENJOY IT EQUALLY? BLUEWATER SAILORS SHARE THEIR SECRETS WITH HELEN FRETTER