Escaping crowds in the solent

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

If your priority when choosing a south coast marina is ease of access and top notch facilities, you can’t go far wrong with MDL’s recently re-vamped Hamble Point Marina. Its location, virtually at the

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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

As October comes round, it feels like I can breathe again! When the crowds set sail, the Ionian finally returns to its usual calm self. Harbours empty and queues disappear, waiters have time to chat,

As we settled into our charter boat, a Beneteau 42, on its Newport, Rhode Island mooring, I checked the weather forecast and feared we might not make our planned destination of Nantucket island. Verit