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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

Relying on digital mapping can erode your traditional navigation skills. Could a refresher course be the answer? Alex Roddie joins an Austrian Alpine Club-organised course in Eryri to find out

Gilbert Park shows how he fitted an audio system controlled from his chartplotter and smartphone while underway

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

Richard Ayres makes his first Mayday call when his yacht is dismasted and prop fouled close to the Manacle rocks