Yachting World

MATT SHEAHAN

There’s one big giveaway as to whether someone started their sailing with small boats and that’s how they brush their teeth. Anyone who leaves the tap running while polishing their pegs clearly hasn’t had to live aboard a small cruiser with limited fresh water. Offshore with no watermaker ensures you preserve what resources you have and that includes being sparing with the wet stuff on the brush.

But as systems and specifications aboard

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