Ideal destinations for people wishing to travel for a watersports holiday have been listed by the Guardian.
Yachting in Scotland, kitesurfing in Hampshire and powerboating in Essex are among the suggestions given in the article.
Water lovers could also go to Dorset for windsurfing or to Cumbria for dinghy sailing.
Scotsail Training, in Largs on the River Clyde on the west coast of Scotland, offers yacht skipper training from beginners' courses through to Yachtmaster levels.
Longer lessons are also available, allowing participants to stay onboard overnight.
The Low Wood Watersports Centre in Windermere, Dorset, also offers beginner and improvers dinghy courses for adults and children.
Elsewhere, A family has just completed a ten-month and 10,000 mile sailing adventure, the Telegraph has reported.
Guy and Juliet Grieve and their children Oscar and Luke left Scotland for the trip.
The final part of the journey across the north Atlantic was considered too dangerous for the children, aged seven and four when the family left, so Mr Grieve sailed it with a crewmate.
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