Practical Boat Owner

The gospel…

Mad about the boat

Dave Selby is the proud owner of a 5.48m (18ft) Sailfish, which he keeps on a swinging mooring on the picturesque Blackwater estuary in Essex

Sailors have long had a troubled relationship with water – ever since biblical times when Noah failed his Day Skipper practical on tidal heights and got extremely neaped on top of Mt Ararat, only to be abandoned there by the rest of the crew. Frankly, they behaved like

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