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

Alan Weavers recalls experiencing a fouled prop, a lifeboat tow and saildrive failure aboard his Dufour

Matthew Kenyon and crew sail a Jeanneau Attalia from London’s South Dock to Amsterdam via the East Coast of England

OWN UP TO YOUR SAILING SINS

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

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