WIDER WAKE
A couple of months ago a vaguely disgruntled reader wrote a moderately miffed epistle in which he described me as ‘big boat’ Sam. I found this ironic, given that I endured the first Covid lockdown living aboard a Morecambe Bay Prawner 28 with headroom of 5’3”. However, as I sat down to write up this test, I began to see his point of view. The fact is that new boats are getting bigger and monsieur ‘big boat’ is obliged to test them. I recall some years ago testing the Jeanneau 64, a monohull aimed at cruising couples who happened to need masses of space. I thinking to myself; ‘well, this will never take off’.
