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ON CHARTER
David Harding and his partner Judith are not the owners, but chartered Elektra for a few days from Mylor Boat Hire. David tested the Sun 2500 when it was first launched in the UK in 2005 and was keen to get to know the boat better by living on it, as well as sailing it.
Size is often an overrated feature in a boat. Bigger can be better in some instances but, to my mind, the old adage that the fun derived from a boat is in inverse proportion to its size still holds true in most instances.
It’s particularly true if you want to do things for which you don’t actually need a bigger boat. A little-quoted truism is that you should buy (or, perhaps, beg, borrow or charter according to your circumstances) the smallest boat that will do the job. Last summer, for example, a friend and I set aside a few days to go sailing in the West Country. It was a rare opportunity to go afloat other than for work or racing.
