Classic Boat

Victory at any cost

othing gives the owner of a long-keeled old wooden boat quite the smug satisfaction as overhauling a big Bavaria. No matter that the chances are that the BB’s skipper is trolling along with eased sheets, enjoying a light lunch on the cockpit table while the autopilot takes the strain, whereas his or her counterpart has eyes glued to the tell tales, hand on the sheet winch, senses peeled for the faintest

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