The Ionian islands with their line of sight sailing, predictable breeze, lack of tide and wonderful food combine to create the ideal sailing holiday. Fast forward to the 21st century and Sunsail's ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Yacht charter takes many forms, but to many people the words still speak only of something they cannot afford ...

After lighting a tiny candle in the even tinier chapel on the uninhabited island of Atokos, I came through the trees back to the beach, which was almost deserted. The 35C heat beamed down on the white ...

SUNBATHING on the deck of my OWN yacht, sailing around Greece’s Ionian Islands, it felt as though I was living someone else’s life. Because let’s face it, yachting is for the really, really posh and ...

Well, I didn't know enough about the luff and hadn't a clue about the clew, not to mention the stanchion... But all this would become crystal- clear as my girlfriend Britta and I embarked on a weeks ...

Leaning over the back of the yacht as my seasickness got the better of me, I wondered whether a week of sailing had been the best idea. After all, the first time my boyfriend and I took to the water ...

SUNBATHING on the deck of my OWN yacht, sailing around Greece’s Ionian Islands, it felt as though I was living someone else’s life. Because let’s face it, yachting is for the really, really posh and ...