Practical Boat Owner

A fresh start

Flotsam and jetsam

Sam Llewellyn writes nautical thrillers and edits The Marine Quarterly. He is currently patching up a 30ft ketch

It has been a weird old winter, but spring may be less weird, and we may even be allowed to go to sea again. Where, though, is the question. , the big boat, is lovely, but ashore in the west of Scotland. , the Drascombe longboat, is different. She can be slapped into the water

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