Plain sailing ahead for Cliff

SIR Cliff Richard has faced some choppy waters recently but life is looking boatiful for the singer as he boards a catamaran.

The pop legend, 76, in a jaunty blue patterned shirt and white shorts, was snapped beaming ahead of a Caribbean cruise.

The tanned hitmaker gave a pal a hug before his voyage from sun-kissed Barbados, where he lives for part of the year. Earlier this month he sang on the island, including a duet with a glamorous brunette fan, for charity.

It is all a far cry from his claim for damages over the live TV coverage of the search of his Berkshire apartment by detectives investigating historical sex-abuse claims.

Sir Cliff always strenuously denied the claims and the case was dropped last June.

Now he can set sail for a sunny future.