Ten years ago, marine electrician, amateur boatbuilder and career sailor Simon Minoprio began building his first Innovision boat, in aluminium, inspired by the Wally Boats he’d seen in the Mediterranean while leading his Vision Yachting sailing team on the Match Racing World Circuit. Minoprio is partially blind in his left eye, which the team’s name wryly played on.
Minoprio always wanted to be a boatbuilder, having helped his father finish his uncle’s yacht while still a boy, but the
