Hundreds of sailors successfully crossed the Atlantic in December as the ARC rally celebrates 40 years

Mike Reynolds and his wife Nicki sailed over 5,000 miles to the Azores, Canaries and across the Atlantic to the Caribbean while repairing three separate leaks

CRUISING STORIES

+ WHAT CAN THEY TEACH US ABOUT MANAGING RISK AT SEA

Bill and Kate Morris spend the summer cruising through Liguria, Corsica and Sardinia ahead of work at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games

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