Raise your spirit

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

Back in the 1970s multihull saillors were generally a pretty esoteric lot. It didn’t help that Donald Crowhurst ushered in the new decade with his tragic exploits in his Teignmouth Electron trimaran.

Is this the most complete multi-purpose cruiser Pardo has ever built?

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

We brace as the next gust bends off ...

LOA: 71ft 4in (21.75m) BEAM: 18ft 4in (5.60m) ...