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Where to sail when: the best cruises and sailing holidays for every month of the year

From exploring the ice fields of southern Patagonia to birdwatching in the Amazon, Emma Love charts the best times of the year to weigh anchor
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A wild Alaskan cruise which offers spectacular encounters with nature

A series of unexpected encounters with nature – each more dramatic than the last – delights Siobhan Grogan as she cruises on Seabourn Quest through Alaska and British Columbia
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A stirringly beautiful sailing holiday among the remote islands of the Hebrides

Duncan Craig boards the 1930s gaff cutter Eda Frandsen for a week-long voyage around the diverse islands of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides
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Exploring Kenya's Lamu coast on a sumptuously restored Indian Ocean trading ship

Cosmo Brockway explores Kenya’s Lamu archipelago on Tusitiri, a restored Indian Ocean trading ship given all the elegance of a bohemian country house by its Norwegian owners
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This yacht is the best way to see the dramatic Indonesian islands

Arta Ghanbari explores the dramatic islands and crystalline waters of Komodo National Park on a custom-built phinisi yacht – the latest venture from the founders of Balinese eco-resort Nirjhara
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Why sailing is the best way to travel

Nicola Moyne reflects on the transformative power of sailing and considers how it can reveal beauty in the most unexpected destinations