Practical Boat Owner

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Dave Selby is the proud owner of a 5.48m (18ft) Sailfish, which he keeps on a swinging mooring on the picturesque Blackwater estuary in Essex

Any sailing club AGM is a heated affair, but this one was more heated than most. The thermostat in the club room was stuck on high, temperatures were reaching boiling point and the flowers placed on the committee table were already beginning to wilt.

And so to matters arising and the

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