A few weeks back, with the passing of Paddy Macklin at 65 years old, we lost a sailing legend of whom most people have never heard – but should have done. He has much to teach us, and inspire us.
He never attracted sponsorship like so many round-the-world sailors these days, although he and a brewery might have been a perfect marriage – he died of cirrhosis of the liver. His book, in which he styled himself Captain Bungles, I doubt paid him JK
