Practical Boat Owner

A Falcon in Loch Ness

Sometimes people like to join me on my little boating adventures and I find that I need a bigger boat. On these occasions I generally hire a good sized boat with enough space for us all to enjoy some private moments.

In particular I don’t think that seven people sharing a single heads compartment works too well after a few days so a boat between 35ft and 45ft in length with two heads is about the minimum size for me with a group.

I do remember on one occasion sharing a 32ft racing yacht with seven jolly chaps. We pulled into Portsmouth for a

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