A small boat in big seas

I’ve had Constance – an American Mason 44 – for 13 years. We’re getting to know each other bit by bit and I’d like to report that she’s everything a yacht should be. Excellent though she is, as the sa

Modern intrusions vie with the trill of oystercatchers close to Dave’s dream home

John Willis explains the consequences of cresting a bigger-than-expected wave while helming his 25ft motorboat

Paul Dale recounts the lessons he learned rebuilding his Dufour 41 Alexa on the devastated Caribbean island of Grenada in 2004

Nick Burnham: I have to say that it was strangely satisfying and rather brilliant

Like all good things that happen to us, it was an accident I started writing pilots for the Mediterranean. It all began when I was skippering a flotilla around the Saronic and eastern Peloponnese in G