Practical Boat Owner

Rudder bother

Marsali Taylor sails an Offshore 8M, Karima S. She’s a dinghy instructor and author of The Shetland Sailing Mysteries starring liveaboard sleuth, Cass Lynch.

Spring is not far away. The three minutes more of light each morning and evening will eventually become an extra two hours, and soon, as we move towards March, it’ll be light enough and (sometimes) warm enough to do outdoor work after tea. The shalders (oystercatchers) will be returning in a flurry of

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