Pump up the volume

Boat tests can at times be frustrating things. The reviewer has a annoyingly brief chance to look over a boat and get a feel for it. Now, as anyone who owns a boat knows, it takes weeks, months and years to become fully attuned to all the little foibles and quirks of yr average sailing boat. It can also take a year or more to find out exactly what bits are going to fall off and fail or simply frustrate. So, having rather admitted defeat with my first sentence, I am going to try to redeem myself with my second paragraph. I actually worked on an Elan 444, a previous