don’t know how you feel about having a yacht delivered across an ocean by ship. I always considered it a bit of a cop-out until a decade or so ago when an unexpected hand of cards led me to a different point of view. In fact, shipping can sometimes make sense, even for those of us not embarrassed by our wealth. The ARC Atlantic rally is a case in point. Back in the day, we used to refer to a trip to the Caribbean from Europe at the right time of year as ‘The Milk Run’. In the Brave New World of GPS and boats that don’t leak, it’s easier still. The hardest part is getting to the Canaries, but given a reasonable break in the Portuguese Trades, even that shouldn’t be too severe. Not to put too fine a point on it, a barrel of rum tossed into the
