Having never set foot on a catamaran, when I arrived in Thailand for a 10-day sailing holiday, I had no inkling that this trip would rapidly unfold into one of the most spontaneous, varied, and exhila

Easter is like a sunrise in the Ionian. The villages and harbours start to wake after the winter. Bleary-eyed taverna owners open shop, sweeping terraces and cleaning their grills. The sound of drills

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

Sir Ben Ainslie’s quest to recuperate the America’s Cup is taking shape as his team revealed a new name, a new look, and an all star line up ahead of the 38th America’s Cup which will take place in Na

This week’s dream: the weird and wonderful wildlife ...

Fitting-out time is here again. Because I winter up in the Baltic where the sea still sometimes freezes, my season doesn’t really start until May. It was different when I berthed my 22ft wooden sloop