RECKON RACING AROUND THE MEDITERRANEAN IS EASY? THINK AGAIN, SAYS MATTHEW SHEAHAN

Technology has transformed sailing, but was the past better or worse? Andy Du Port shares his views

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Anchored in a quiet loch on the west coast of Scotland, Katherine Knight discovered the seabed was barren mud. She raised a small community and set out to replant the underwater desert with life-giving seagrass

Leo Heaney’s regular yacht club race night quickly turns dangerous, and leads to seven months of frustration to rectify the damage

Don’t be fooled by the beautiful baby blue skies in these pictures: the first day of this annual spectacular on the seven-mile beach where JG Parry-Thomas set a new Land Speed Record in Babs in 1926 (