LETTERS

Breton memories

Your June issue has an article by Tom Cunliffe on the joys of the cruising waters around Ushant, and how he dared not stop on his way past in his early years on account of its fearful reputation.

There is some merit in Larry Pardey’s adage ‘Go small, go simple, go now’ in that too much planning can destroy one’s spirit of adventure. When I first sailed past on a solo voyage in my Leisure 17 in the early 1970s I was totally unaware of