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The artist inspired by being afloat

As well as the usual sailing and safety gear, Christine Callum McInally always ensures that she never goes cruising without her easel and paints.

The artist regularly sails the west coast of Scotland, as well as further afield, in her Sweden Yachts 37, Haersa, returning again and again to paint the ‘amazing vistas’.

‘Sailing is a real elemental experience: wild, windy, wet or baking hot. The exposure to the expanse of the sea lifts the spirit. Where land, sea and sky connect, beautiful shapes of coast

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