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NIKKI HENDERSON ON THE ESSENTIAL MULTIHULL SKILLS YOU SHOULDN’T SET OFF WITHOUT

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.

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

Tony and Ann Montgomery-Smith have been sailing for almost 60 years. Now both in their 80s, and with Ann’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Tony explains how they have continued to cruise

The late Jim Mottram explains modifications to make his 23-footer easier to sail. Here are just some of his tips from the archives

LOA: 47ft 2in (14.36m) BEAM: 23ft 3in (7.10m) ENGINES: ...