After nine years of circumnavigating the globe, the ‘old Seadog’ tells Laura Hodgetts he’s home to get patched up and a pension

Woodbridge Boatyard’s Matt Lis explains how he replaced a mizzen mast on the ketch Peter Duck

Mark Ryan learns mid-family cruise the importance of having a secure attachment for his Volvo Saildrive propeller

From landing hulking catfish on the Zambezi to talking tackle with Ted Hughes, COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent looks back on seven colourful decades

Think of the Cote d’Azur and you think of refined opulence; F Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night, Brigitte Bardot, Cannes Film Festival; glitz, glamour. The reality if you actually drive there is v

Leo Heaney’s regular yacht club race night quickly turns dangerous, and leads to seven months of frustration to rectify the damage