Memories are made of this!

Used boats don’t get much more ‘used’ than ex-charter yachts, but they do tend to be well equipped and maintained. The Jaguar 27 is one of the most popular, as Peter Poland reports

Boat testing is fun. But testing in the Ionian under an October sun is even better. Quite a few years ago I was invited to join a flotilla as part of an assignment to test the Jaguar 27. I jumped at the chance, despite never having been on a flotilla holiday and, in my ignorance, dismissing the whole notion as being ‘for beginners’. Put simply, flotillas are great fun, totally stress-free sailing for crews of greater or lesser experience alike; and the Jaguar 27 is one of the most successful early GRP cruisers of its size. A well maintained example can offer great value for money. The company we sailed with in Greece, Sailing Holidays, started life in the 1970s as the Flotilla Sailing Club offering flotilla holidays aboard a…

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