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

Pinning down the cause of the recurrent engine trouble that affected multiple cruises took patience and perseverance for Justin Morton

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Colin and Linda complete their Brittany adventure, exploring Vannes, Quiberon, Concarneau and Camaret and Roscoff en route back to Guernsey

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

Mike and Nicki Reynolds have been cruising almost full-time for 15 years. Finding the time and the money for regular refits is the key