Re: One dead after yacht capsizes in Channel

toad wrote:

This chap may be doing a different sort of sailing to some of us but
I'd hope we can all dredge up _some_ sympathy for him!


I certainly do. And we should all remember that without guys willing to experiment and take risks we'd all still be paddling dugouts.

Are your sails proper wool and linen like they used to be, or that new fangled plastic stuff? (Cotton is of course a newish development too...)

Andy
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