Jonty Pearce: A troublesome first charter day

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

Jonty Pearce: Swallows and Amazons

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

Looking across the average British harbour, the variety of shape, size and purpose of craft gets Jonty Pearce thinking

Jonty Pearce makes the most of a quiet weekend to get some work done on his boat before the season kicks off

With thoughts of unrestricted views from the helm, Jonty Pearce dreams up the regulator's dream sailing boat

Shiny new gadgets that talk to each other are just too much to resist for Jonty Pearce, as he gives into temptation once more