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Sailing provides an easy way of making friends whether you sail solo or with crew

‘It’s easy to make friends while cruising’ – Paul Trammell

  • April 9, 2025

Sailing singlehanded as I do, I place a high value on my solitude and am quite happy to spend many consecutive days alone. However, sailing alone amplifies the value of…

A family adventure sailing through the Corinth Canal

  • April 3, 2025

The timing was tight. I took the call 24 hours before we were due to fly. Alex kindly asked me if she could help stock the boat. We were scheduled…

Inspecting the hull after getting stuck on a rock

Cruising around the Bijagos islands: Taking a break from sailing around the world in remote regions

  • April 1, 2025

Situated at the mouth of many rivers in Guinea-Bissau, the Bijagos archipelago is one of Africa’s most isolated maritime regions. Strong tides, violent currents, murky waters, rocky reefs, constantly shifting…

Georgie helms the yacht out of Fowey

A charter in British waters: ‘Only time would tell whether a week’s charter in the UK would be the end of our future family sailing plans, or the start’

  • March 26, 2025

The first evening on board our charter in British waters was just like coming home, it felt like we had never been away from life on board and was so…

Zhik Spirit of Adventure: ‘We sailed our yacht through France to volunteer at the Olympics’

  • March 25, 2025

Autumn 2021 and we’d only just recently bought Heureuse – a sound and comfortable Moody 346, in need of a little love and a few mod cons. She was safely…

A wide-angle shot of a caribbean bay

Sailing in the Caribbean: ‘Turtles grazed on seagrass meadows as we snorkelled around them’

  • March 12, 2025

The first night on an unfamiliar boat can be a bit restless. You listen to the creaks and groans of the boat, the waves lapping onto the hull, the temperature…

The yacht Jonathan battles through the Cape’s notoriously stormy seas

Cape Horners reflect on their epic adventures at their annual dinner

  • March 5, 2025

There is not a sailor in the world who does not recognise the craggy, conical peak of Cape Horn. It is, like it or not, the ultimate sailing goal, the…

Sailing though the British winter with the Little Ship Club

  • February 28, 2025

And then there was light, most welcome it was, too after a gruelling drive via several motorways into the pitch black New Forest. I drove on, motivated by the thought…

Sailing a 100 year old Brixham Sailing Trawler from Scotland to the South Coast

  • February 18, 2025

Eight days after leaving Oban on the west coast of Scotland, we arrived at the Fowey estuary on the Cornish coast. The guests and crew on board were oblivious to…

A cross-channel adventure from Suffolk to the Netherlands

  • February 5, 2025

With apologies to Shakespeare – our dilemma could hardly be compared to Hamlet’s, but it was real. Once again, though for the first time since Brexit, we were heading for…

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