Practical Boat Owner

Tales from the armchair

Flotsam and jetsam

Sam Llewellyn writes nautical thrillers and edits The Marine Quarterly. He sails a 30ft ketch, when it’s not on the hard

The boatyard is a mad belfry of halyards against masts. Beyond the breakwater the sea roars half grey and half white. The breeze cuts through clothes like a razor. Or would, if you were out there. But the curtains are drawn, and soft golden lamplight gleams on the spines of books, and

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