Rick Channnon heads off grid for a restorative dose of carnage

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

Tim Steel hones his skills with a proper rough-water test

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

On the verge of the annual pilgrimage to the World Surf League's Big Wave Challenge in Nazaré, Portugal, Men's Fitness joined Red Bull athlete Andrew Cotton in the gym, in the pool and in the deep to discover what it takes to survive Mother Nature's choppiest waters

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