Yachts & Yachting magazine

Jess Lloyd-Mostyn

‘There’s something hypnotic about watching lightning at night when out at sea’

We’re good at being well-prepared for storms. We watch the forecasts and stay out of cyclone belts and play the game of the cruising season properly. But a squall is a far more elusive creature than a storm. A squall can appear out of nowhere and alarm you with its intensity and force only to pass over and be gone before you can catch your breath. A

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