Weather or not to go sailing

Can you really only visit Scilly in light winds?

A new factor in this modern age 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

You can do it with your eyes shut

Paul Dale recounts the lessons he learned rebuilding his Dufour 41 Alexa on the devastated Caribbean island of Grenada in 2004

I’ve had Constance – an American Mason 44 – for 13 years. We’re getting to know each other bit by bit and I’d like to report that she’s everything a yacht should be. Excellent though she is, as the sa