Easy start

A bit of sepia tinted observation to start this article. Do you remember when we had blue passports? I don’t to be fair, but I do remember when 30ft (9.1m) was deemed a pretty big yacht. Well, those days are gone. These days, things are different and 30ft is very much the base size – your ‘starter’ yacht to get youngsters with £100k or so to spare into world of yacht cruising. In recent years this entry level boat has become a bit of an afterthought for many manufacturers because profit margins are low and, frankly, it all seems