Extraordinary boats

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

BUILT 1935 / 2024 PRICE € 3,950,000

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.

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