Tom Davies and his family relate their experiences of chartering a vessel abroad for the very first time. How did they do it, what was it like and what were the highlights of their week-long Dalmatian cruising adventure? I confess,

Mark Featherstone and Jo Moon set a course for Roscoff. Found hugging Brittany’s rugged shores, this popular ‘port of entry’ located in the Bay of Morlaix offers a multitude of voyaging opportunities and delightful discoveries along its beautiful Atlantic seaboard.

Where in Britain can you find the deepest natural harbour in Europe, the first and last port in the UK and an intimacy with nature that inspired some of our most-loved literary works? Mark Featherstone and Jo Moon head west

PBR’s Channel Island correspondent, Joe Mourant, helps us blow away the last of the winter cobwebs by setting a course for the paradisaic Chausey archipelago. After reading this article, you may well be tempted to plan a summer voyage to

Mark Featherstone discusses how to extend the boating season, and make savings too, by including a trip to the Algarve and the award-winning Vilamoura Marina complex. Drifting past the myriad of tempting stands at the Southampton Boat Show, a huge

If ever a port of call was aptly named, then Ocean Village must surely stand at the top of the list. For centuries, this port has been at the heart of Britain’s maritime heritage and served as the start and

Mark Featherstone shares Salcombe’s best secrets and shows us why it’s still one of the UK’s most beautiful waterside locations. Nestled within South Devon’s coastline, it is truly a motorboater’s paradise…  Framed by wooded hills and sloping pasture, the crystal

Alex Whittaker soaks up the atmosphere of a beautifully preserved Regency port on the remote West Wales coast … Aberaeron inner harbour and its Regency town houses. Wales has two majestic peninsulas, Gower in the south and Lleyn

Alex Whittaker guides us on a visit to the most mystical and alluring of all the Farne Islands … Weathered wooden refuge on the causeway. Sacred Lindisfarne is famous for its superb position on the rugged Northumberland coast.

HMS regales us with a unique look at one of the most dramatic sections of coastline to be found anywhere in the British Isles. We set our Horizon for the Dorset coast …    Getting little ones involved at

Craster is a compact fishing village overlooked by a dramatic medieval castle. PBR head north in search of the idyllic …  The wild Northumberland coast has many hidden gems, and compact Craster is definitely one of them. Craster lies 55.28’.44N

Alex Whittaker explores a neat seaside town with a comfortable marina set in gorgeous West Wales … Tucked away halfway up Cardigan Bay, Aberystwyth is wonderfully off the beaten track. You really can get away from things there. It comprises

Alex Whittaker travels to Yorkshire to explore this fascinating gem of the north. Upper harbour looking to East Cliff. Whitby is a famous old seaside town and port situated on the east coast of Yorkshire, at the mouth

Alex Whittaker visits Boatfolk’s marina within Portsmouth Harbour and discovers a feast of sights and facilities on offer … One of the marina tenders at work. Haslar Marina is situated right on the eastern Solent, in the south-west corner

A recent visit to Plymouth Yacht Haven aboard PBR’s MY Horizon revealed a fresh discovery for HMS, despite him being a West Country boy through and through … Turnchapel: Plymouth Yacht Haven with Turnchapel background. I like to think

Alex Whittaker savours this hidden gem of the North Yorkshire coast … The small and perfectly formed Yorkshire hamlet of Staithes is something of a mystery to many British seafarers. Other traditional ports on the North Sea coast like Whitby and

Alex Whittaker explores an idyllic slice of Cornish heritage with its own sheltered modern marina … Mylor Harbour is just up the River Fal from Falmouth, situated on the famed Carrick Roads. This is a broad and deep estuary that

Alex Whittaker visits this small but perfectly formed harbour, right on the Solent … Yarmouth is located to the north-west of the Isle of Wight on the River Yar. It is a pretty town and lies just a short passage across the

PBR’s very own port and haven ‘hunter-gatherer’, Alex Whittaker, dons his kilt and heads north to the bonny banks of the Clyde, whereupon he discovers every boat owner’s dream: an entire boating village! Let’s see, then, what Largs has to