I was recently following the 27s pod of orcas down the coast of Orkney with some fellow whale-watchers, when the pod pulled into a bay close to Burwick and stayed for around an hour. There was blood i

Orca damage, rudder failure and a monkey bite were just a few of the setbacks facing crews en-route to this year’s ARC+,writes Ali Wood, but happily all 83 boats made it to the start line in Las Palma

Cassie Malson-Dixon reports back from Pembrokeshire where it was only girls allowed on an all-female shark hunting expedition

Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about

Tony Moss and his wife Marike cross the North Sea to sail around Britain anticlockwise, braving the Scottish summer along the way

My motives for this trip were varied. I was on the committee that vetted applications for the Ocean Cruising Club’s Challenge Grant when Project Manaia had applied for a grant to support their environ