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Sailing La Vagabonde: Digital Nomads at Sea & New Boating App

Credit: Sailing La Vagabonde Dreaming of dropping everything to sail the world? Sailing La Vagabonde Riley Whitelum & Elayna Carausu have done just that, becoming parents, digital yacht...
South Atlantic view Credit: Jenevora Swann

South Atlantic Cruising: Sailing Cape Town to Brazil

South Atlantic view. Credit: iStock Some voyages are easier than others. Jenevora Swann narrates a challenging Sail Across the South Atlantic... Sailing the South...
sunset

Transatlantic Voyage: Sailing Eastward vs Westward

Getting a boat across to the Carribbean via the Canaries is a breeze compared to heading back. Leo Kenny describes a trip from Antigua to Gibraltar.
CANAL

French Canal Guide: How to Travel 800 Miles through France

Credit: Nic Compton Nic Compton narrates a trip from the English Channel to the Mediterranean via the rivers and canals of France. French Canals...
Turkey

Sailing Turkey: Guide to Finding a Tranquil Turquoise Coast

Sailing Turkey - Muğla province, Turkey. Credit: iStock Sailing west from Finike to Bodrum, Jules Riegal finds a window to the ancient past and a touch of tranquillity...
Greece

Peloponnese: Sailing In Peaceful Greece

Peaceful Greece. Panoramic aerial view of voidokilia beach. Credit: Shutterstock Our resident charter skipper Tom Fletcher narrates an unusual charter that took him a long way off...
Tom Cunliffe in Fog

Tom Cunliffe: Fog’s Not What It Used To Be

Digital world of GPS in fog. Credit: Tom Cunliffe Tom Cunliffe dives into the undesirable depths of fog, is this not every sailor and mariner's worst nightmare? Listen...

Strong showing for Brits in storm battered Transat Jacques Vabre

Picture: Jean-Marie Liot Storms Ciaran and Domingos lashed the Atlantic coast in late October and wrought havoc on the carefully laid plans of the race organisers responsible...
Barry Pickthall

Barry Pickthall’s cruising blog – Ardglass to Port Ellen

Barry Pickthall’s Cruising Blog – Blog 4 Ardglass to Port Ellen and the start of his cruise around the Western Isles Ardglass, our first stop in Northern Ireland as we progress northwards to the Scottish Western Isles,...

To the Western Isles and back: Barry Pickthall’s cruising blog

Author and sailor Barry Pickthall, with family and friends, is sailing his Rhodes 6-Tonner, Sea Jay, on a cruise from the Solent to the Scottish Western Isles and back. This page links to Barry's...