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

David Ross takes delivery of Europe’s first Schaefer V44

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YACHT CHARTERS AND SAILING HOLIDAYS OFFER MORE VARIETY AND ADVENTURE THAN EVER. HERE’S OUR PICK OF UNFORGETTABLE TRIPS TO CONSIDER

Winters are long and summers are short in the north of the Arctic Circle. Keith Allan joins Swan Hellenic’s Diana on a 10-day Norwegian odyssey, taking in ‘cod’s own country’