Taking flight

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides

Our speed over ground aboard Polaris reads 16kts. It’s midnight and the black, star-studded sky jigs around overhead. I’m tethered to the helm, watching our instruments like a hawk as I bear away to t

A HEART-STOPPING ENCOUNTER WHEN A MIGRANT VESSEL COLLIDES WITH A CRUISING YACHT LEAVES SUSAN SMILLIE SHAKEN BUT THANKFUL

In Potopaddu harbour, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, we were navigating through a narrow and tricky channel, with minimal depths, which then widened into a large, sheltered pool. There were seve

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast’s sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each zone

BONNIE MacGilvray was exhausted. She felt wrung out by life and the business she was in – all of it. A fortnight ago her husband had suggested that this might be the moment for her to go on a trip tha