Practical Boat Owner

Planning ahead

Marsali Taylor sails an Offshore 8M, Karima S. She’s a dinghy instructor and author of The Shetland Sailing Mysteries starring liveaboard sleuth, Cass Lynch.

Early summer’s my favourite time. The days are filled with peace and promise. The gales of March and the ‘lambie snow’ of April have turned to sunshine and soft breezes. It’s the first of the ‘simmer dims’, the lovely light nights which will last till August. My current book’s at

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