Cruising life

Jonty Pearce: The long road to Shetland

Jonty Pearce makes the long trip north to sail in the Shetland Islands, but is hampered by mechanical and weather problems

A chance meeting presents an unexpected opportunity to get out on the beautiful waters of the Scottish west coast for Jonty Pearce

Even if they interrupt your planned time away, chance meetings with old friends are happy moments to be relished, says Jonty Pearce

Jonty Pearce delights in others' difficulties with holding tanks, until his boat meets the same obstacle

A charter holiday is never without some issues, so a sailor must be a good mechanic and engineer as well as a competent seaman, says Jonty Pearce

With his working life newly at an end, Jonty muses on changing times

With the start of British Summer Time, the sailing season is truly underway for Jonty Pearce, as he looks forward to retirement

In July 1964, Frank Dye and Bill Brockbank set out on a 650-mile passage across the North Sea in a 15ft 10in dinghy, and they filmed it!

Spring is in the air, and with the boat back in its home berth, Jonty Pearce is feelikng ready for the season

Wonderful footage of orcas and other whales hunting in shallow waters in northern Norway from Barba, a Jeanneau Sun Fast 37