Crossing the channel to explore brittany

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

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

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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

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

Take the train for a laid-back tour of the Côte d’Azur’s glitzy cities and lesser-known towns, jumping off to buy a slice of pissaladière, visit a museum or dip your toes in the sea.