Extraordinary boats

Many years back as a young journalist I was invited to a press conference at a hotel complex where the smooth-talking owner presented an exciting plan to build a series of ‘Eco Pods’ on the land behin

Rupert Holmes looks at one of the most desirable cruising yachts of the Sadler era, as well as some alternative boats

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides

BUILT 1935 / 2024 PRICE € 3,950,000

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