In the beginning

Mad about the boat

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

Leisure sailing is older than you think. Three days after early man stopped breathing through gills and stood upright there was an evolutionary breakthrough with the introduction of the RYA’s very first Day Skipper course. Although only a theory course – as Westerly wasn’t