Yachts & Yachting magazine

Jess Lloyd-Mostyn

‘What at one moment appeared to be a far-off cliff turned out to be a wall of steel, a container ship’

As a sailing yacht you are very and acutely aware of just how small and flimsy a vessel you are compared to the big guys. The tankers and container ships dwarf us, making our well-found ocean-going boat suddenly seem as insubstantial as a bath toy by comparison. And yet there is something rather fun and wonderful about sharing

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