Would you set off in fog?

Can you really only visit Scilly in light winds?

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

John Willis explains the consequences of cresting a bigger-than-expected wave while helming his 25ft motorboat

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

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

I’ve had Constance – an American Mason 44 – for 13 years. We’re getting to know each other bit by bit and I’d like to report that she’s everything a yacht should be. Excellent though she is, as the sa