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Simon Ellis completes the final leg of his three-month sabbatical cruise along the South Coast of England

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

A h ot weekday morning heralded the arrival ...

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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