Yachting Monthly

Novice sailor to the Netherlands

Bethan Griffiths is a designer and consultant of cast and forged ironwork, an artist blacksmith, and owner of The Ironwork Studio

I don’t remember the precise moment when the idea of taking our boat to Holland for the summer became more than a ‘what if’. I’m an inexperienced sailor to say the least, and with two young kids in tow, Isabel (five) and Beatrix (18 months), I felt very daunted.

However, on seeing the same fire and excitement in my husband’s eyes as when we first bought the boat there was only ever

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