I have never met Caryl Terlezki, only spoken for hours on the phone, but we understand each other. Time, distance, age, and life experience are irrelevant: we have become friends, despite any of those things. Caryl has a great task to fulfil, a mighty responsibility for herself, and especially for Phil, her husband, who has left the task to her. I will back her to the hilt.
Philip Thomas was high on the Close Quarters do-next list for several years, but was, always “too busy”. As the dynamic racing owner of Uffa Fox’s 22sqm skerry cruiser, choosing him to interview was a no-brainer: Vigilant has been making media waves since her 1930s launch from Uffa’s own workshops, right up to the present day.
Why too busy? Phil lived life at furious speed, burning
