Knowledge gained from sailing to the azores and beyond

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

Can you really only visit Scilly in light winds?

Crossing the Atlantic via the Cape Verde islands is a detour well worth taking, says James Kenning

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You can do it with your eyes shut

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