‘the atlantic was tough, but being prepared saw us across’

Three transatlantic cruisers share valuable lessons with Ali Wood about their onboard power setups (and where they went wrong)

Stephanie Jones talks to the skippers in the 2025/26 Mini Globe Race to find out...

How do you fix boats in the middle of the Atlantic? Ali Wood visits a unique business that deals with everything from broken booms to ARC crews and Interpol

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

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

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