Waiting for the tide

A camping dinghy may not offer the comforts of a modern cabin yacht, but no yacht is comfortable on a hard beat, no matter how many berths she may accommodate in her cabin. And there are serious disad

Even after 20 years in the job I ...

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Crewing on other boats is a great way to explore new places, sail new boats and meet new people, but it isn’t without its pitfalls, says Anna Bingham

Katy Stickland introduces her non-sailing family to life afloat on a charter holiday in Greece’s spectacular Ionian Sea

Despite having been active campers for over 30 years, we didn’t realise how much we took the bonuses that go with this lifestyle for granted, until a recent trip to Asia to visit our son who was there