Hundreds of sailors successfully crossed the Atlantic in December as the ARC rally celebrates 40 years

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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 a chilly February morning, Sheila Murray sat at her kitchen table and stared at her laptop. Lighting up the screen was an invitation for the unveiling of La Serenissima, the newest ship in a luxury

www.yachtingmonthly.com/books In 1856 Joshua Patten, young ambitious ...