Retire from sailing? I must be barking

Bart Selby’s had the ruff with the smooth – and now he’s swallowing the anchor

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 I is just turned 13 in ‘uman years, but my birthday wasn’t much to celebrate. As usual, Dave gave me a value chicken fillet with a candle in it and I burned me whiskers. Why does he never learn? And that’s the main problem, ’cos Dave is a plonker and there’s no sign he’s going to grow up, earn a decent living and get a proper boat, such as one of them larger Sunseeker fings wot have those lovely big fenders wiv soft covers wot I fancy sumfink chronic. Hallberg-Rassys is OK too ’cos they’ve also got furry fenders and some of the bigger…

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Practical Boat Owner (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2015

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