Rare chances

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

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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.

Fed up with boat maintenance and the ever-increasing cost of berthing and insurance? Now could be the time to consider boating on demand with a boatshare, fractional, or charter ownership scheme says

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