Naysayers, sceptics and cynics are cruelly and unnecessarily disparaging about Stuart Turners, but I won’t hear a word said against them. First though, for the benefit of South Coast sailors, and in fact sailors in general, as well as anyone born after the relief of Mafeking and still living I should explain what a Stuart Turner is, and what it does.
In lay-folk terms, and without being overly technical, Stuart Turners were what they used to install in yachts in
