HOW TO SAIL BETTER

Boating inland on rivers and canals brings its ...

OWN UP TO YOUR SAILING SINS

Will Spencer explains how to choose and manage a competent and friendly crew for an enjoyable offshore passage

Passage planning may not be of great concern to sailors who do most of their sailing in familiar waters and who follow the main channels to 24 hour-access marinas. With the latest auto-tracking facili

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