‘sécurité, sécurité, sécurité! all ships! all ships!’

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

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

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

News from your cruising area

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

A new factor in this modern age of ...