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We have some great stories this issue. Our coverline: Boats on a budget reflects the amazing bargains that can be snapped up – particularly some of the superb seaworthy glassfibre classics from the 1970s/80s… Can a sailor, we asked, buy a cabin boat for less than £4K and then run it for under £1K? And the answer is yes… if you are a little canny. It’s based on the idea of two average earners being able to afford a boat for cash and sharing the upkeep – and it really is a great time to be getting afloat.
Next we have a biopic on Sir Ben Ainslie, by Gael Pawson, who shows how the tenacious Olympian might just be able to bring back the America’s cup to Britain… Go Ben!
We have a good story on how the John Cabot Matthew replica caravel has been turned around financially to get into profit… and we have a lifelong wooden boat nut who has “seen the light” and is happily sailing a glassfibre gaffer that looks like wood…
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