Yachting World

MATTHEW SHEAHAN

ince I returned to club where I sailed when I grew up in the Seventies, my long-suffering RS400 crew has had to endure endless stories of days gone by. Fortunately for her, after three consecutive winter series at Queen Mary Sailing Club, most of the stories have been told. In fact, many of them are recited back as a means of stopping me before I even finish my first sentence. But there was a topic that

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