The pioneers

TOM CUNLIFFE SIGNS OFF WITH THE TALE OF ONE THE GREATEST FEATS OF SEAMANSHIP OF ALL TIME: THE FIRST SIGHTING OF AMERICA

Jazz Turner reflects on her recent record-setting around Britain voyage and her decision to turn down a hospice bed and ‘get out into the English Channel and turn right’

The seasoned polar explorer Franklin lost two vessels and 129 men, himself included, in the late 1840s, searching for the route that would take 3,000nm off the sea route to the Orient. Even though glo

The sun is shining, there is a consistent breeze from the southeast, and I hear the distinct flapping sound of a boat tacking through the wind. Popping up on deck I suddenly realise that I am surround

Nic Compton debates whether to sail his ketch Zelda through the Corinth Canal or around the exposed coast of the Peloponnese, the entrance to the Underworld in Greek mythology

A LONG-ANTICIPATED SOUTH PACIFIC CROSSING CONFOUNDS ANDY SCHELL