Against all odds, Pip Hare’s broken mast during the last Vendée Globe became a masterclass in resilience. She talks about her life in sailing and how she coped with her…
Amazing Adventures
Big C solo sailor Andrew Bedwell rescued while attempting to cross the Atlantic in his 100cm boat
The Canadian Coast Guard has rescued Andrew Bedwell after his 100cm vessel, Big C V2 got into difficulties around 75NM east of Newfoundland's Bay de Verde Peninsula
20 Years of the Jester Challenge: Celebrating Low-Budget, Single-Handed Seamanship
Jester Challenge founder Ewen Southby-Tailyour and PBO’s Jake Kavanagh on the enduring appeal of this long-distance sailing event
Glaciers, williwaw gusts & dodging drifting ice: Cruising the Beagle Channel with a French legend
Marina Guedes sails the Beagle Channel with Jérôme Poncet aboard Damien 2
Pete Hill on sail repair, damaged steering and two lost drogues while battling storms in the Tasman Sea
Pete Hill faced damaged steering and lost two drogues while battling extreme conditions in the Tasman Sea. Graham Cox tells his story
Behind the scenes with Radio Caroline, the last “pirate” radio station still broadcasting offshore
Some miles off the Essex coast, inside the bright red skeleton of an old Icelandic fishing trawler, lives a radio. Radio Caroline is the last of its kind. For 62…
The World’s Smallest Boat? How Andrew Bedwell built his 100cm boat to sail across the Atlantic
Microyacht adventurer Andrew Bedwell tells Katy Stickland how he resurrected his Atlantic ocean world record challenge
Clare Allcard, Rozelle Raynes & Peter Gerard: how these three sailors found independence through their wooden boats
When I was a child, reading on board Peter Duck, I became obsessed with Ten Small Yachts, Maurice Griffiths’s second book, published in 1933 following the success of Magic of…
40th ARC fleet members rally to give blood for fellow sailor
Thirty willing volunteers lined up outside a mobile blood bank to donate to help one of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers participants.
Barry Perrins: ‘I bought the boat and lived the dream’
After nine years of circumnavigating the globe, 'old Seadog' Barry Perrins talks to Laura Hodgetts about seamanship, the realities of sailing offshore and his onboard essentials
The 40th anniversary Atlantic Rally for Cruisers ARC 2025 fleet set sail
Sunshine and light winds made for a gentle start as the 145-strong ARC 2025 fleet left Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for a 2,700-mile transatlantic voyage.
Yann Quenet: From France to Canada in a 4m boat
French micro voyager Yann Quenet is currently transporting his home-built 4m boat across Canada ahead of a Pacific crossing in the spring
Making history in an Albin Vega 27 – Jazz Turner’s story
Adventurer and disabled sailor Jazz Turner reflects on her recent record-setting UK and Ireland circumnavigation
Force 10 in the Channel: ‘We took a colossal wave broadside, and the cockpit was suddenly knee-deep in water’
A routine Channel crossing became a nerve-shredding passage when a ferocious storm hit, as Ron Stride recalls
Ian Wyllie completes round-Britain and Ireland circumnavigation in project boat
Ian Wyllie of Sailing Trilleen has completed a solo multi-year circumnavigation of the UK and Ireland in the 1979 Vancouver 27 that he restored in parallel to his own rehabilitation.
“I crawled 50m across rocks with an anchor on my back”: Jazz Turner’s record voyage
Jazz Turner reflects on her circumnavigation achievement of being the first disabled person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the UK and Ireland
Sailing in a hurricane: How I escaped Hurricane Beryl
When I bought my first boat, I didn’t imagine that I’d soon be sailing in a hurricane, writes Ben Williams. The anchorage in Tyrell Bay was perfection. Good holding for…
Craig Wood completes solo, non-stop and unsupported Pacific voyage
Triple amputee Craig Wood has achieved his goal of becoming the world’s first triple amputee to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted across the Pacific Ocean.
Boat charter holiday destinations in the UK and Ireland away from coast
Katy Stickland highlights some of the spectacular and magical places to charter away from the coast in the UK and Ireland
Joshua Slocum: Is the Spray legend fact or fiction?
On the 130th anniversary of Joshua Slocum’s circumnavigation departure, Ian Nicolson discusses the reality of his seamanship feats