Yachting World

MATT SHEAHAN

Spending an entire season without using a changing room has felt like a true return to grass roots sailing. Yet getting changed under a surfer’s poncho in a car park, standing on a blue IKEA carrier bag, isn’t really that bad and it’s amazing how much quicker you get back on the road with no changing room banter or bar talk to distract you. Perhaps it’s the future?

The fact is that

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