Classic Boat

Running on blind faith

here is no more stirring sight of seamanship than witnessing a yacht deftly pick up a mooring under sail. These kind of yachts are made of wood and known as gaffers, on account of the amount of gaffer tape it takes to keep them afloat. For reasons of fashion, they also have at least one Seagull outboard lashed to the pushpit and a Stuart Turner inboard engine in the bilges. As

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