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

Andy Turner suffers a debilitating heart condition while sailing his Bowman 46 offshore with his son and a friend

Fitting-out time is here again. Because I winter up in the Baltic where the sea still sometimes freezes, my season doesn’t really start until May. It was different when I berthed my 22ft wooden sloop

Rick Channnon heads off grid for a restorative dose of carnage

The annual National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition offers a window into our maritime past and how it touches the present day

G rinding through January and February underlines how ...