South west sailing takes cruisers to some of the most beautiful harbours and anchorages in the UK. Miranda Delmar-Morgan shares her favourite spots
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Tricky rivers: Tactics to get upstream and back again
The UK’s wealth of quiet rivers provide peaceful sailing conditions and unique challenges, as Ken Endean discovered
Famous Russian tall ship heads for Plymouth
A full-sized wooden replica of dramatic Russian frigate Shtandart built 300 years ago will be sailing into Sutton Harbour this autumn on its first visit to Plymouth.
Trading under sail returns to Plymouth
Cross-Channel trading under sail has resumed between Plymouth and Brittany
Plymouth set to host Transat race start in May
Plymouth waterfront will host a week of celebrations for the start of the historic Transat Yacht Race from 24 April to 2 May
Royal Dart Yacht Club celebrates 150 years
One of the country’s oldest yacht clubs celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2016. A programme of events will commemorate the Royal Dart Yacht Club’s landmark. Events organised this year by…
Newquay civilian search and rescue helicopter service launched
The Newquay civilian UK search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service will operate from the new Coastguard SAR base at Cornwall Airport Newquay from January 2016
60th anniversary of first Wharram catamaran to set sail from Falmouth
60 years ago, on the 27th September 1955, James Wharram set sail from Falmouth aboard a self-built 23ft 6in flat-bottomed catamaran
Six false alarms for Portishead RNLI lifeboat in ten days
The RNLI’s newest lifeboat station at Portishead answered six callouts in ten days proving it's operational readiness, even if they were all false alarms
Sailor Philip Walwyn dies at end of solo transatlantic voyage
Legendary sailor and yacht builder Philip Walwyn has been found dead off the Cornish coast after sailing his 12-Metre 'Kate' from the Azores