Hundreds of sailors successfully crossed the Atlantic in December as the ARC rally celebrates 40 years

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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

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