Use ais but don’t forget the basics

You can do it with your eyes shut

HOW TO SAIL BETTER

Like all good things that happen to us, it was an accident I started writing pilots for the Mediterranean. It all began when I was skippering a flotilla around the Saronic and eastern Peloponnese in G

Relying on digital mapping can erode your traditional navigation skills. Could a refresher course be the answer? Alex Roddie joins an Austrian Alpine Club-organised course in Eryri to find out

Richard Ayres makes his first Mayday call when his yacht is dismasted and prop fouled close to the Manacle rocks

I suppose I should be pleased that the mainstream media has finally caught up with some of the observations I’ve been making about AI for years. Their stories are both late breaking and panic-stricken