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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…

‘Anything can be the beginning of another boating friendship’ – Libby Purves

  • April 2, 2025

Thirty years ago this spring I had my first novel published, Casting Off – apprentice-work, a bit chick-lit at times, but at least it was nautical. Inspired by watching couples…

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…

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

‘They are all in the memory bank to savour during the winter months at home’ – Lu Heikell

  • March 13, 2025

There is a meme that appears on my social media with a Kermit the Frog puppet looking wistfully out of a window into a wintry scene. The caption usually reads…

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…

‘They watched a narwhal give birth, tracked polar bears and wrestled with ice’ – Pete Goss

  • March 11, 2025

One of life’s pleasures is to support others as they tackle their dreams and remotely sweep you aboard to share both triumph and disaster. For some reason I seem to…

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…

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