Practical Boat Owner – June 2019
T he 1990s began with a recession that saw a massive dip in the number of new boats sold, in a marked contrast to the boom years ...
LOA 6.17m 20ft 3in LWL 6.10m 20ft 0in Beam 2.49m 8ft 2in Draught (boards up) 0.20m 0ft 8in Displacement 1,000kg 2,205lb Price to ...
Hallberg-Rassy 34 1990 This boat is sufficiently large and sturdy to take you almost anywhere, while being small enough to be ea ...
J/105 1992 It’s hard to believe this 34-footer, which brought the asymmetric spinnaker revolution to larger boats, is now a quar ...
Pogo 6.50 1994 By the early 1990s the 21ft boats used for the Mini Transat race from France to the Caribbean had already develop ...
MacGregor 26X Powersailer 1995 This is a boat that purists love to hate and in many ways it’s easy to see why. The slab-sided st ...
Solid as a rock Fifty years ago Peter Poland sailed his own Wind Elf MkII transatlantic, so how did it feel to be back aboard a ...
Wind Elf MkI ➜ ABOVE Time fl ies: Peter Poland enjoys being back at the helm of a Wind Elf 50 years on RIGHT Josa II’s crew in 1 ...
USED BOAT TEST different sheer line and deck layout to our MkII. But her hull, accommodation, layout and rig are the same. Aroun ...
Wind Elf MkI ➜ concede we now have 4G internet connectivity on board and my ultimate ambition is to one day work from the boat s ...
USED BOAT TEST WIND ELF astern. But Hightime was on her best behaviour as she executed an impeccable three-point turn and potter ...
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Before we went anywhere, Mum who was approaching her 80th birthday, wished to be taken for a sail. My brother joined us for the ...
OUTER BARRA HEBRIDES VATERSAY MINGULAY BERNERAY PABBAY SANDAY MULDOANICH Barra HeadLighthouse Mingulay Bay Sound of Pabbay Sea o ...
visitors. I could spend all day watching puffins but it would be a shame not to see all the other birds; razorbills and shags am ...
moved on to Loch Breachacha for the night. Leaving a little later than intended in the morning, we found the tide in full fl ow ...
more than going to look for them, though I’d be disappointed to visit the Western Isles without seeing one. Southernmost island ...
Recommended pilot books ■ The Yachtsman’s Pilot to the West Coast of Scotland: Crinan to Canna, The Yachtsman’s Pilot to the Isl ...
H ow many times have you heard the following?: ‘Cruising is fixing your boat in exotic locations’; ‘A boat is a hole in the wate ...
How we did it I bought Marutji, a steel Van de Stadt 34 for £39,000, having sold everything I owned on land. I moved to Australi ...
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