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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Ready to tack?” a voice shouts. Before I can ask what that means, the sails flicker and the entire boat suddenly tilts sideways. Dishes and bowls of fruit crash against each other inside the cabin. I ...

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 ...