For those dreaming of the joys of owning a yacht, Nick Ridley offers encouragement as well as a look at the harsher reality of financing your dreams

+ HOW TO PREVENT IT

IS GOOD SEAMANSHIP JUST ABOUT SKILL ON THE WATER? OR IS THERE MORE TO IT IF YOU WANT TO BE CONSIDERED A TRUE MASTER OF YOUR CRAFT?

NEW SERIES

SEA ANGLER’S BEGINNERS’ GUIDE TO LURES, TECHNIQUES AND WRECK FISHING TACTICS

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