Hot – Shenandoah in the Pacific – top French photo- journalist Christian Février presents a superb portfolio of photographs of the freshly refitted three-masted schooner Shenandoah as she cruises the island groups of the Pacific

And Cold – In a special high latitudes feature we follow Richard Matthews and his Oyster 62 in the Arctic, Elaine Bunting in Antarctica and professional skipper Andy Dare who advises on seamanship in the ice

Piracy – In the wake of the death of Sir Peter Blake at the hands of pirates, we examine the problem, identify the risk areas around the world and tackle the emotive question of whether to carry a gun aboard