Lockdown DIY

Flotsam and jetsam

Sam Llewellyn writes nautical thrillers and edits The Marine Quarterly. He is currently patching up a 30ft ketch

During the recent pandemic lockdown it has not been possible to get to the fleet, which lives 320 miles away from Lockdown Central. Gloom descended.

Then, while taking the government-approved daily exercise in the entirely deserted hills of home, I chanced to spot a Drascombe Lugger. It was slumped on a trailer at the back