Fast escape

Your cruising destinations, near and far

PART 4

A solo cruise along the coast of Brittany gave Gilbert Park the perfect excuse to visit seven ports in seven days while feasting in seven different restaurants

Solo sailor Owen Moorhouse recalls having to make quick contingency plans at night while battling fatigue

Nick Leather sails his Westerly Storm, Musketeer , from the Inner Hebrides to the South Coast – the final stages of a tremendous circumnavigation of the British Isles

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