Yachts & Yachting magazine

Paul Heiney

‘I was soon dreaming of a bigger boat, not for increased speed, but the thought that one day I could stand up’

Is it true that as you get older you start to shrink? I do hope so. On every cruise I’ve been on, at every fitting out season, or when something goes wrong and needs urgently fixing, there has always come a moment when I curse my body length, and dearly wish I was a couple of inches shorter. I’m 6’1” so I’m hardly

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