Practical Boat Owner

Room with a view

ack In 2010 my wife, Mary, and I bought our first yacht to fulfil my ambition to sail around the UK. We wanted a bulletproof, seaworthy craft which could be sailed single-handed. Mary comes aboard when circumstances and conditions are favourable. With not much effort and a good dose of luck, we found ourselves a Nicholson 31 called . We’d

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