Fun with ferro

The aim of Practical Boat Owner, it seems to me, has traditionally been to bring boating into the reach of all. This was an easyish job in the 1950s, when boats were made of wood, onboard electrics were few and far between, and a boat for a family of four was likely to be 22ft long, towing a 14ft dinghy.

Then things started to get out of hand. GRP turned up, and