Does wind increase with a rising tide?

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

Many years ago when I first got into sailing journalism, I was fortunate enough to be given the chance to interview Sir Robin Knox-Johnston. As someone who had read In a World of My Own as a child, th

When Billy Butlin opened his titular holiday camp on the North Yorkshire coast after the Second World War, easy access to the sea was key to attracting visitors. But 80 years later, the sea could star

As the sailing season gets underway here in Greece, everyone is keen to watch the harbour cinema on display every evening. Flot crews across the Med dust off wing mirrors and re-position fenders, nerv

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

On a windswept bluff in West Sussex lies an artist’s glorious garden – a quiet triumph shaped by salt spray and shifting tides