“Last year’s super moon produced monster tides, but this year’s two syzygies will generate even bigger ones” If you think syzygy is a Polish sausage you are, I’m afraid, well…
Cruising life
John Muir – Listening for the Spitway Bell Buoy in fog
John Muir feels his way in fog down the East Coast In the summer of 1913 and is saved from the shoals by a novice crew’s hearing
The best sail plans for crossing an ocean
Sailing across an ocean, there are myriad sail plans to choose from to power you across an ocean. We spoke to six ARC 2014 finishers to find out what works
John Caldwell: Desperate Voyage
Stranded in Panama after the war, John Caldwell took a 20ft boat solo across the Pacific in a desperate bid to re-join his new bride in Australia. But first, he…
Thor Heyerdahl: Sailing like an Egyptian
Thor Heyerdahl set out to sail the Atlantic in a papyrus boat, its design copied straight from the pyramids of the pharaohs.
Bill Tilman aground in an iceberg alley
Running aground in a yacht is never a pleasant experience. To do so off a remote island in the Svalbard archipelago surrounded by icebergs, as Bill Tilman did, can easily…
Me and my boat: Moody 42
Many years ago, after sailing several thousand miles in our tiny old 24-footer, my wife and I returned to Blighty to look for a new boat with enough room for…
Lightning: why we were struck
A personal investigation into how and why a catamaran was hit by lightning
Sailing in the U-boats’ deadly wake
Read an extract from Keith Dovkants' novel, recounting the dramatic moments when a Q-ship engages a U-boat...
Listen to Mike Peyton’s new shanty East Coast Old Gaffer
Special performance by The Brandy Hole Shantymen