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

OWN UP TO YOUR SAILING SINS

The ferry joys of living on an archipelago in the heart of the North Sea

What would it be like to stay on a tiny, remote island, with no other visitors or inhabitants, shops or people? Suzy Walker takes a trip to Scotland to find out

CRUISING STORIES

RUSSIA’S ‘GREY ZONE’ ACTIVITY IN THE BALTIC, FROM GPS INTERFERENCE TO AGGRESSIVE SHADOWING, IS UNSETTLING SAILORS. WILL THIS BE THE NEW NORMAL, ASKS ELAINE BUNTING?