I’ve come to realise I don’t actually like cruising. I much prefer racing.
You own the 6-M Jill. What do you love about the 6s?
Big boat sailing is just not for me! And the 6-M is such an obvious only meant-to-race boat, related to the 12s and the 8s and just a little bit overpowered, and it’s also a boat on which Olin Stephens, who I knew, honed his skills. Mine is one of the few that he actually drew himself, pencil to paper. I showed him the drawing and he said: “Oh yes, that was me!” This summer I am campaigning an Atlantic, a glassfibre design by Starling Burgess. It’s not as powerful as the 6-M, so it’s more available to junior sailors and women. The only job I can do on the 6 is to helm it. And I need to be in very good shape. I need to work out. The Atlantic is a bit easier.
This story is from the November 2017 edition of Classic Boat.
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